China Meteorological Administration

The China Meteorological Administration or CMA (simplified Chinese: 中国气象局; traditional Chinese: 中國氣象局; pinyin: Zhōngguó Qìxiàng Jú), headquartered in Beijing, is the national weather service for the People's Republic of China.

History

The agency was originally established in December 1949 as the the Central Military Commission Meteorological Bureau. It replace the Central Weather Bureau formed in 1941. In 1994 the CMA was transformed from a subordinate governmental body into one of the public service agencies under the State Council.^[1]

Meteorological bureaus are established in 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, excluding meteorological services at Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. 14 meteorological bureaus at sub-provincial cities including 4 cities which have been specifically designated in the state development plan), 318 meteorological bureaus at prefecture level and 2,300 bureaus (stations) at county level.^[1]

Subordinate bodies under the CMA

Beijing Meteorological Bureau, the capital weather forecasting office

• National Meteorological Centre (the Central Meteorological Observatory)^[1]
• National Satellite Meteorological Centre (National Centre for Space Weather Monitoring and Warning)
• zh:National Climate Center
• National Meteorological Information Centre
• Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences
• Atmospheric Observation Technology Centre
• China Meteorological Administration Training Centre
• Department of Capital Construction & Real Estate Management
• Logistic Service Centre
• Audio-Visual Publicity Center
• China Meteorological News Press, and Meteorological Press.

See also

• Geography of China
• Hong Kong Observatory  Hong Kong
• Direcção dos Serviços Meteorológicos e Geofísicos  Macau

References

External links

• Official website
• CMA Supercomputing site history on Top500.org

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