Members of a drought relief working team overhaul a water pump in Linfen, north China's Shanxi Province, on February 5, 2009. China raised the drought emergency class on Thursday from level two to level one, the highest alert, in response to the worst drought to hit northern China in half a century, according to a State Council meeting. [Xinhua]

Workers of a power company install a generator to provide power for irrigating fields in Baizhuang Village of Baofeng County, central China's Henan Province, on February 5, 2009. [Xinhua]