Weather stations earn 75-year badges

Eight weather stations in China have been recognized among the World Meteorological Organization's first batch of 75-year-old meteorological stations, the China Meteorological Administration has announced.

The eight stations are the Nenjiang National Baseline Meteorological Station in Heilongjiang province; the Fuzhou National Baseline Climatic Station in Fujian province; the Shapingba National Baseline Meteorological Station in Chongqing; the Emei Mountain National Baseline Climatic Station in Sichuan province; the Xingren National Baseline Climatic Station in Guizhou province; the Hami National Baseline Climatic Station in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region; and the Zhangye National Climatic Observatory and Kongtong National Baseline Meteorological Station, both in Gansu province.

All met the WMO's selection criteria, which included proof of an operational period of over 75 years with missing data not exceeding 10 percent (excluding impacts from wars and disasters), Wang Jiankai, deputy director of the department of comprehensive observation of the CMA, said at a news conference in Beijing on Thursday.