On January 19, China Meteorological Administration (CMA) convened the annual national meeting to deploy key tasks for 2021. The meeting is designed to map out new strategies for meteorological development, summarize work of 2020 and achievements made during 13th Five-Year Plan, deploy tasks for 2021.
At 8:28 a.m. on January 7, C919 airliner took off under the condition of -35℃ at Hulunbuir Dongshan International Airport in Inner Mongolia. On January 8 and 14, the same scenario played out twice. After this crucial link, the 22-day arctic-alpine trial flight was rounded off.
Recently, the selection result of the top 10 domestic and global weather and climate events in 2020 has been unveiled. The selection results of the top 10 weather and climate events in China have reflected the major features of weather and climate conditions in 2020 in China.
On December 22, China Meteorological Administration (CMA) and World Meteorological Organization (WMO) held the fourth consultative meeting on implementation of the Letter of Intent between WMO and CMA to Promote Regional Meteorological Cooperation and Co-build the Belt and Road (thereafter referred to as the Letter) online. Mr. Yu Yong, Deputy Administrator of CMA, Dr. Zhang Wenjian, Assistant Secretary-General of WMO, and Ms. Mary Power, the Director of Department of Member Services and Development of WMO attended the online meeting.
On December 15, Workshop of 2020 Global Multi-Hazard Alert System in Asia (GMAS-A) was held online.The theme of this event is the challenges and opportunities confronted by elevating the early warning capacity in Asia.
From December 9 to 11, the Fifth International Training Course on Tropic Cyclone Monitoring and Forecasting was held online by the China Meteorological Administration (CMA).
On November 23, China Meteorological Administration (CMA) and the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), and discussed in terms of matters like meteorological satellite programs, data exchange, and science cooperation.