Parts of eastern China are seeing the heaviest snow in a decade. Our reporter Li Jianhua tells us about the situation in Shanghai.

LI JIANHUA SHANGHAI "It's been almost ten years since Shanghai experienced snow as heavy as this. While many are enjoying the novelty, it has caused widespread disruption across eastern parts of China and the Spring Festival Travel Rush is just around the corner.

Starting today through to Saturday, the cold weather is expected to continue in central and eastern parts of the country.

Parts of east China's Jiangsu Province was still getting a good dusting. Indeed in some places, there was 25 centimetres of snow. Over the weekend we drove to Suzhou, a city two hours drive from Shanghai - the roads were very sleety and slippery - not too much traffic was seen on the highway. Nearly 60 bus lines, more than 1,000 long-distance coaches and 500 flights have been suspended or canceled.

Other eastern provinces are also seeing more snow than usual. Chief among them, Anhui, which is a prime agricultural area, is estimated to have suffered more than two million dollars' worth of economic losses. Some touristy spots, including Mt. Huangshan, were closed off, but it's expected to be open starting this afternoon.

Jiangxi province reported some freezing rain, which is notorious for causing travel problems on roadways and downing power lines.

Snow doesn't happen very often in southeastern China. Many locals are saying this is a very cold winter, especially when they don't have central heating like the northern regions."