China to Launch up to 3 BeiDou Backup Satellites in 2023

BEIJING, April 27 (Xinhua) -- China plans to send one to three network backup satellites for the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) into space this year to improve the stability and usability of the constellation, according to the 13th China Satellite Navigation Conference on Thursday.

Apr 28, 2023

UN Water Conference: 2-3 Billion People Facing Water Scarcity

The ongoing UN 2023 Water Conference in New York, the first UN conference on water of its kind since 1977, is highlighting the global water crisis where billions are affected. The crisis has been exacerbated by climate change, as disrupted water cycles cause irregular droughts and floods. Chinese scientists at the conference say their latest findings show weak points in the global water system but also offer some remedies.

Mar 27, 2023

Satellite Images Show Majesty of China's Mega Water Project

China’s South-to-North Water Diversion Project transfers water from major rivers in the south to the drought-prone north through the middle, eastern and western routes. The middle route, the most prominent one begins at the Danjiangkou Reservoir in the Hanjiang River in central province of Hubei and runs northeastward across Henan and Hebei before reaching Tianjin and Beijing. Totaling some 1,267km in length, the route began supplying water in 2014.

Mar 23, 2023

Biomass-burning Emissions Lead to Global CO₂ Concentration Increase: Study

BEIJING, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Chinese researchers have discovered that biomass-burning emissions are one of the key factors causing the increase of global atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations and significantly impact global climate change.

Mar 18, 2023

Satellite Images Tell How China Goes Green

China is intensifying its efforts nationwide to make the country greener with a variety of afforestation activities involving both public and private sectors. The country's forest coverage rate rose to 24.02 percent in 2022, according to a report from the National Greening Commission on Feb. 12, 2023.

Mar 15, 2023

Remote sensing scientist leads the way in tracking wild camels

BEIJING, March 2 (Xinhua) -- In the office of remote sensing scientist Liu Shaochuang, there is a huge photograph of a camel he snapped a decade ago in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Wearing camouflage clothing, he crouched for hours by a pool of water in the Gobi Desert to capture an image of the wild animal. This is the subject of his research.

Mar 02, 2023

China GEO Supports Turkey and Syria Earthquake Disaster Response

Following two magnitude 7.8 earthquakes that struck southern Turkey and western Syria on Feb. 6, China GEO Secretariat activated its Collaborated network on Disaster Data Response (CDDR) mechanism to provide high-resolution satellite imagery in support of the disaster response.

Feb 19, 2023

UN General Assembly President Visits International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals

Mr. Csaba Korosi, president of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly made the remarks when visiting the International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals in Beijing on 2 February 2023 during his four-day tour to China. The Center was founded in 2021 and hosted by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) to monitor scientific indicators for sustainable development goals (SDGs).

Feb 04, 2023

Satellite Imagery of Wetlands in China

Known as the "kidneys of the Earth," wetlands can help safeguard biodiversity and cope with climate change. China's wetlands conservation efforts have illustrated its genuine commitment to ensuring harmonious coexistence between humans and nature.

Feb 02, 2023

Chinese Int'l Wetland Cities from Space

Twenty-five cities from 13 countries, notably seven from China, were accredited by the Ramsar Convention as international wetland cities this November. The seven newly certified Chinese cities are Hefei of Anhui Province, Jining of Shandong Province, Liangping of Chongqing Municipality, Nanchang of Jiangxi Province, Panjin of Liaoning Province, Wuhan of Hubei Province and Yancheng of Jiangsu Province.

Nov 24, 2022

Sceneries from Space

A collection of images captured by satellites show several Chinese landscapes from space. The images are processed by the engineers from the China Remote Sensing Satellite Ground Station, a big science research facility hosted by the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).

Oct 23, 2022

National Engineering Research Center for Remote Sensing Satellite Applications Unveils in Beijing

The National Engineering Research Center for Remote Sensing Satellite Applications was unveiled in Beijing on September 27, 2022, according to the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).

Oct 09, 2022

2022 Report on Big Earth Data in Support of the Sustainable Development Goals Released

The Report on Big Earth Data in Support of the Sustainable Development Goals (2022) was released by the Chinese side at the Ministerial Meeting of the Group of Friends of the Global Development Initiative (GDI) held in New York on September 20 local time, according to the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).

Sep 26, 2022

China Unveils Research Data from SDGSAT-1 Satellite

China has started to provide free access to data globally from the Sustainable Development Science Satellite 1 (SDGSAT-1) for scientific research, according to the International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals (CBAS), its developer, on Tuesday.

Sep 25, 2022

China Opens Satellite Data from SDGSAT-1 to the World

At the ministerial meeting of the Group of Friends of the Global Development Initiative (GDI) held in New York on September 20, China announced that the data acquired by the Sustainable Development Science Satellite-1, or SDGSAT-1, will be open and available globally to provide support science-based decision-making for the implementation of the UN 2030 Agenda.

Sep 23, 2022