A sweeping cold front has brought fierce winds across northern China, prompting widespread weather warnings, transport suspensions and emergency response measures.

The National Meteorological Center (NMC) on Saturday renewed an alert for strong gales that were expected to sweep the country's northern and coastal regions over the weekend.

To ensure public safety, Beijing temporarily shut 15 overground railway sections, affecting a total of 106 stations and over 200 kilometres of tracks. Numerous parks and museums were closed, including the Summer Palace, the Temple of Heaven and Beihai Park.

As of 10 am on Saturday, a total of 288 trees were toppled across the city due to the strong winds, damaging 19 vehicles, according to Beijing's emergency management authorities.

The city's airports cancelled hundreds of flights scheduled for Saturday, and a humanoid-robot half marathon that was set to take place on Sunday was postponed to April 19.

No injuries or fatalities related to the extreme winds were reported in Beijing.

In northern Shanxi Province, the State Grid branch deployed over 3,000 personnel to inspect and reinforce electrical facilities. Emergency repair teams and mobile generators were positioned across the province in advance to ensure rapid power restoration in the event of outages.

Meanwhile, in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, strong winds disrupted rail, road and air traffic. (Xinhua)