According to the meeting, power supply in the affected areas must be completely normalized by the end of March, while transport facilities, telecom networks and radio and TV broadcasting networks must be normalized as quickly as possible.
The Cabinet also made detailed plans for restoring industrial and agricultural production in the affected areas, including the providing of crop seeds and food to affected farmers and in increasing coal, power and oil shipments to affected areas.
It also ordered relevant departments to monitor possible secondary disasters coming along with the low temperature, snow and freezing rain.
According to the latest official statistics, snow-caused catastrophes have killed 107 and caused 111.1 billion yuan (about US$15.4 billion) in direct financial loss.
So far, Chinese insurance companies have paid 1.04 billion yuan to clients on losses related to the snow-caused disaster. This included 975 million yuan for property losses and 65 million yuan for life insurance.
