The official Xinhua news agency reports China's national meteorological center is forecasting snow in 12 provinces and autonomous regions for Wednesday and Thursday.

Ethnic minority autonomous regions should follow the local laws and regulations to use one or multiple languages.

Rather, it is being driven by a broad range of China' s 31 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions.

The Italians said late last week that they would accelerate proposed budget measures to meet a balanced budget by 2013, while the Spanish made some budgetary tweaks within its autonomous regions.

Universities in some ethnic autonomous regions have also established special majors taught in minority languages.