According to the emergency Response Office of China Meteorological Administration (CMA), leaders of the CMA issued an order at 11 am on October 15. The cMA office, the Department of Emergency Disaster Reduction and Public Services, the Department of Forecasting and Network, and the Department of Comprehensive Observation, The National Meteorological Center, The National Climate Center, the National Satellite Meteorological Center, the National Meteorological Information Center, the Meteorological Observation Center of the China Meteorological Administration, the Public Meteorological Service Center, the Meteorological Publicity and Science Popularization Center, the China Meteorological Press and Huafeng Group immediately went into a level 4 emergency response state.

Affected by strong cold air, from 14:00 on October 15 to 08:00 on October 18, the central and eastern regions of China will see strong wind and cooling weather successively, and the central and southern parts of North China and Northeast China, Huanghuai, Jianghuai, Jianghan, Jiangnan and Guizhou will see a temperature drop of 6 ~ 10℃ successively. In eastern North China, southern Northeast China, western Shandong, eastern Jianghuai and northeastern Jiangnan, some areas will see a drop of 12 to 14 degrees Celsius, with local drops reaching more than 14 degrees Celsius. The National Meteorological Center issued a blue alert for a cold wave at 10 am On October 15.