Farmers in Zouping, Shandong hold withered wheat seedlings on Jan 14, 2011. The National Meteorological Center (NMC) forecast on Jan 14 that in the next 10 days the drought will continue as no significant rain was expected in most parts of North China. [Photo/Asianewsphoto]

Photo taken on Jan 14, 2011 shows withered wheat seedlings in Bozhou, Anhui province suffers serious drought.  [Photo/Xinhua]

A boat stands stranded at a dried-up area of the Yellow River on Jan 15, Gongyi, Henan province. [Photo/CFP]

Riverbeds of the Yellow River dry up in Wenxian, Henan province, Jan 15. [Photo/CFP]