BEIJING - A cold front will bring rain and snow to parts of Inner Mongolia autonomous region and northeast China, with temperatures to drop by 4 to 6 degrees Celsius over the next three days, the National Meteorological Center (NMC) forecast on Wednesday.

The NMC said that temperatures will drop by 8 to 10 degrees Celsius at most in the central and eastern part of Inner Mongolia, the northern areas of north China and northeast China on Wednesday and Thursday.

The observatory added that rain and snow will sweep parts of northeast China, Gansu province, as well as parts of Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia and Tibet autonomous regions from Friday morning to Saturday morning.

At the same time, moderate to heavy rain will hit the Sichuan Basin, parts of north and northwest China, areas along the Yellow and Huaihe rivers, regions along the Yangtze and Huaihe rivers, as well as parts of Liaoning, Hainan and Taiwan.