Images have emerged online depicting the country's current freeze including pictures of people's eyebrows collecting frost in the bitter cold as several cities issued a blue alert for extreme weather.
The National Meteorological Center has predicted that temperatures will drop by 10 degrees Celsius across much of the country over the next four days.
China's state-run Xinhua News Agency say that temperatures are expected to drop below freezing in 90 per cent of the country this week.
Today in Genhe, Inner Mongolia, the temperature dropped to -47.8 degrees Celsius.
There are concerns that the extreme weather will affect fruit and vegetable crops and local agricultural authorities have warned farmers to add organic fertilizers to their crops to reduce damage control.
One farmer Zhu Dazhi spoke to the People's Daily warning: 'The temperature will stay below zero for several days. Only ten percent of the vegetables will survive'.
Electricity companies say they have made preparations for the extreme weather.
In Hangzhou, there have been scenes of locals rushing to the supermarket to stock up on necessary items including vegetables and bread.
While other people have been getting out into the snow, testing out the arctic-like temperatures by throwing boiling water into the air which freezes turning the water into a cloud of crystals.
