Road clearing was carried out in an organized fashion in Manas County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, after heavy snow blanketed the county on Wednesday.
Under the influence of a strong cold front, the temperature in Manas County plummeted to minus 14 degrees Celsius. Continuous snowfall began in the early hours of Wednesday, causing snow accumulation and icing on urban roads.
The local sanitation department responded swiftly, mobilizing personnel and deploying snow-clearing machinery to conduct snow removal on the roads.
Snowplow formations carried out continuous operations on their respective assigned sections.
Meanwhile, all regular and auxiliary traffic police officers were deployed at key intersections to direct vehicles and pedestrians, ensuring public travel safety.
Snow removal operations ensure traffic safety in Xinjiang county
Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Thursday presided over a State Council executive meeting that studied work on building a unified national market and reviewed and approved a plan for the development of a modern emergency response system during the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030).
Noting that building a unified national market is essential to advancing high-quality development, the meeting called for deepening institutional frameworks in areas such as property rights protection, market access, fair competition, social credit and market exit mechanisms.
The meeting also urged efforts to advance high-standard connectivity of market infrastructure to facilitate smooth economic circulation and effectively reduce logistics costs across society.
Emergency management is critical to protecting people's lives and property, the meeting said. It called for accelerating the development of a modern emergency response system, deepening reform and innovation in emergency management, and improving coordinated response mechanisms.
Efforts should be made to strengthen risk prevention at the source, enhance monitoring, forecasting and early warning, and accelerate a shift in governance toward proactive prevention, according to the meeting.
A draft revision of the Law on the People's Bank of China was also discussed and approved in principle at the meeting, which decided to submit the draft to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress for deliberation.
Chinese premier chairs State Council executive meeting
