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![Two Uygur locals walk through the snow with food they bought for the upcoming Corban Festival on December 23rd in Urumchi, capital of northwestern China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on Tuesday, December 3rd, 2008. Cold air swept through Xinjiang bringing heavy snow to the northern part of the region. [Photo: cnsphoto]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20081203/000802ab80120aa02d2b02.jpg "Two Uygur locals walk through the snow with food they bought for the upcoming Corban Festival on December 23rd in Urumchi, capital of northwestern China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on Tuesday, December 3rd, 2008. Cold air swept through Xinjiang bringing heavy snow to the northern part of the region. [Photo: cnsphoto]")
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Two Uygur locals walk through the snow with food they bought for the upcoming Corban Festival on December 23rd in Urumchi, capital of northwestern China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on Tuesday, December 3rd, 2008. Cold air swept through Xinjiang bringing heavy snow to the northern part of the region. [Photo: cnsphoto]
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The strongest cold air so far this winter will move from the northwest into southeastern China, with strong winds, a drop in temperature and rain and snow expected in most places across China over the next two days.
China News Service reported that China's Central Meteorological Observatory has issued this year's first cold air orange warning alert on Tuesday evening.