Northern China has launched full-scale clearing efforts to ensure smooth and safe traffic after multiple regions experienced the first snowfalls of the winter season. In Inner Mongolia, snowfall began on Thursday night and continued through Friday morning in the northern and western parts of the autonomous region. Ordos City in the west experienced mild to moderate snow in most areas, with the northern part receiving the most snowfall of over five millimeters. "The snow removal team has been working around the clock to clear snow and reduce slip hazards on sections prone to icing, including bridges, slopes, and curves. This aims to minimize the impacts of snowfall on road traffic," said Liu Feng, chief of a local highway maintenance station. Snowfall in Jinan, capital of north China's Shandong Province, has been strengthening since 14:00 on Friday, with the local weather service upgrading the snowstorm warning signal from blue to yellow at 19:20 on the day. Local authorities prepared over 1,670 snow removal machines for operation and immediately started clearing work as precipitation began. Meanwhile, in north-central China's Gansu, temperatures in the rural Jishishan County dropped about 10 degrees Celsius as the rest of the province was largely affected by Friday's snowfall. Gansu is a crucial passageway for traffic between China's eastern and western regions, so local authorities acted quickly to ensure highway safety. "We applied deicing agents on sharp curves, steep slopes, and bridges, and increased patrols on roads in case any emergency situations may come up," said Che Yifan, deputy chief of a local highway maintenance station. Snow also covered the Chinese capital Beijing on Friday, prompting emergency responses from local transportation authorities, with over 4,000 personnel and more than 2,600 pieces of machinery being dispatched to carry out the clearing effort. The video shows: Ordos City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, north China - Dec 11-12, 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland) 1. Various of snow-covered residential buildings, road, land 2. Various of snowplows working 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Liu Feng, chief, local highway maintenance station: "The snow removal team has been working around the clock to clear snow and reduce slip hazards on sections prone to icing, including bridges, slopes, and curves. This aims to minimize the impacts of snowfall on road traffic." Jinan City, Shandong Province, east China - Dec 12, 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland) 4. Aerial shots of snow-covered bridge 5. Pedestrians 6. Sign of urban park 7. Snow falling 8. Various of de-icing truck, snowplow working 9. Various of workers removing snow Jishishan County, Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province, northwest China - Dec 12, 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland) 10. Aerial shots of residential areas 11. Various of residents removing snow 12. Aerial shots of workers removing snow on highway 13. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Che Yifan, deputy chief, local highway maintenance station: "We applied deicing agents on sharp curves, steep slopes, and bridges, and increased patrols on roads in case any emergency situations may come up." Beijing, China - Dec 12, 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland) 14. Snow-covered village 15. Various of snowplows working, running on highway [Restrictions: No access Chinese mainland]