Xu Ping stays on duty on July 23; she is a fee charger who works at an outside car parking in Hangzhou. Thermometer displays the temperature is 40 degree Celsius at that time. (Xinhua/ Ju Huanzong )
Edited and translated by Wang Xin, People's Daily Online.
Heat wave has hit east China's Hangzhou recently. On July 24, the temperature reached 40.4 degree Celsius, breaking the record, according to local weather forecast station.