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A rescue man carries an 80-year-old woman out of Jinlian village in Longnan county, east China's Jiangxi Province, Feb. 3, 2008. Some 1,761 people in Jinlian village trapped for days of frozen weather and without electricity and water supply were rescued successfully on Sunday.

Soldiers clear snow and ice on a pathway to Jinlian village in Longnan county, east China's Jiangxi Province, Feb. 3, 2008.

An armored car brings relief resources to snow-trapped residents of Gaoshan Village in Lianzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, Feb. 3, 2008. Due to frozen roads, armored vehicles are used to transport relief goods such as rice and quilts to people suffering from severe rain, snow and frost in remote mountainous villages.

An armored car transports relief materials to snow-trapped residents in Lianzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, Feb. 3, 2008. Due to frozen roads, armored vehicles are used to transport relief goods such as rice and quilts to people suffering from severe rain, snow and frost in remote mountainous villages.

A snow-covered Century Avenue in Shanghai, east China, Feb. 3, 2008. The weather cleared up after snow in Shanghai on Sunday.

Fractured trees are seen at the Fenghuang Hill in Guiyang, capital of southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 1, 2008. According to local forestry and landscape bureau, some 900,000 trees and plants were hit by continual snowstorm and frost.

A photo taken on Feb. 2, 2008 shows the snow-covered highway which the truck loaded with vegetables and fruits drives past from Hainan to Beijing. The insular Hainan in south China makes great efforts to expand the growing amount of vegetables and fruits and deliver to the snow-stricken areas in China to meet the needs of the market. At the present, about 800 trucks carrying fresh food depart everyday from Hainan, a main source of fresh vegetables and fruits during winter time in China.

(Xinhua News Agency February 5, 2008)

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