The Chinese government has promised to help all those whose homes were damaged in recent winter storm to build permanent houses in the coming four months.
President Hu Jintao has urged the People's Liberation Army and armed police to devote themselves to the campaign against the natural disaster affecting large parts of China.
Chinese leaders have been going to the front lines of the disaster. Senior CPC leaders Jia Qinglin, Xi Jinping and Zhou Yongkang separately visited the provinces of Anhui, Guizhou and Henan provinces.
The start of China's post-Spring Festival travel peak proved a relatively smooth affair as no major traffic problems were reported on Tuesday. Fighting Blizzard