A model of the Fengyun IV meteorological satellite is displayed during an exhibition in Shanghai. [Ding Ting/Xinhua] China sets up system of sharing to help other countries spot risks China has established an emergency mechanism using its meteorological satellites to help countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative combat extreme weather, the China Meteorological Administration announced at a news conference on Wednesday. With the backdrop of global warming, the tendency is for extreme weather events to increase, both in number and effect. This has greatly threatened people's lives and property, said Zhang Zuqiang, spokesman for the top national weather authority. He said the emergency mechanism was established in response to a request from the World Meteorological Organization in mid-April to get more observations of the Indian Ocean region through China's geostationary satellites. Countries along the Belt and Road routes could apply to tap into the mechanism through their permanent delegates to the organization or other representatives they appoint, he said. Once the mechanism is activated, the China Meteorological Administration will make frequent observations of areas stricken by meteorological disasters - every five to six minutes - and the information will be offered to the affected countries to support their disaster control and relief efforts, Zhang said. The technology of China's Fengyun meteorological satellites is mature after years of development. They could monitor emerging meteorological and environmental disasters in certain areas, Zhang said. He added that China has gained rich experience through intensified satellite observations ahead of typhoons and other heavy storms that it can share internationally in cases of emergency. Lin Weixia, an official at the National Satellite Meteorological Center, said China's Fengyun meteorological satellites are now capable of covering central and western Asia and the Indian Ocean region. Services will be extended to some countries in East Africa after China launches one more meteorological satellite in June. China has launched 16 Fengyun satellites in the past 50 years. Nine of them are currently in service. The satellites now serve more than 70 countries and regions and about 2,500 domestic users, the administration said. Lin said China has kept pace with international meteorological leaders with its Fengyun III and Fengyun IV series, and some applications are world-leading. The high-orbit detector on Fengyun IV satellites, for example, has no competing application. Fengyun satellites are a series of remote sensing meteorological satellites. rubber band braceletswholesale custom silicone wristbandsrubber bracelets custom cheapcustom wristbands australiacool things to do with rubber bracelets
Sanjiangyuan, an area of China's Northwestern Qinghai province, contains the headwaters of three great rivers of Asia: the Yellow, the Yangtze, and the Mekong, Feb 27, 2018. [Photo/VCG] XINING - China has established a research institute for national parks in the city of Xining, the capital of Northwestern Qinghai province. The institute, believed to be the country's first of the kind, will focus its research on issues including biodiversity conservation, bearing capacity of the ecological environment and sustainable use of biological resources, in addition to developing key disciplines such as conservation biology, resource biology and restorable ecology. The institute aims to build a system for monitoring and assessing the ecologic environment and providing early warnings against potential ecological risks. It also plans to build a display platform powered by big data and cloud computing for scientific research and science popularization. The institute, run by a board of directors and led by a director, was co-founded by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Qinghai provincial government. The institute will provide scientific guidance and services for Sanjiangyuan national park, in a bid to realize the coordinated development of ecological protection and regional economy, said Zhao Xinquan, the academic director of the institute. The national park in Sanjiangyuan, which literally means the source of three rivers, was established to protect the headwaters of the Yangtze, Yellow and Lancang (Mekong) rivers.
