China's Meteorological Data Management Measures Take Effect 1 November

Key points

• The China Meteorological Administration released the Meteorological Data Management Measures, effective 1 November.
• The measures establish rules for meteorological data covering data supply, circulation and use, security safeguards and supervision.
• They implement the 15th Five-Year Plan for national meteorological development, building a framework for submission, management and application of cross-sphere Earth system data around an Earth system data platform.
• They create an authorised-operation mechanism for public meteorological data under structurally separated data property rights, providing a clear legal basis for confirming and authorising the operation of such data.
• They encourage various entities to research and build meteorological data development technologies and high-quality datasets.
• They establish security rules covering the data circulation supervision platform, security responsibilities at each data-processing stage, important data catalogues, and data export and security assessment.