The management of meteorological information service on March 6, 2015 the China Meteorological Administration Council meeting, are hereby promulgated and take effect on June 1, 2015.

March 12, 2015 first meteorological information service management approach in order to promote the development of meteorological information services, and foster meteorological information service market, regulating the activities of meteorological information service to meet the economic and social development and people's living needs for weather information services, in accordance with the People's Republic of China law and the Ordinance and other laws and regulations of meteorological disaster prevention, these measures are formulated.

Article in the People's Republic of China area and People's Republic of China meteorological information service activities and other waters under their jurisdiction, oversee, and these measures shall apply.

Public weather forecasts, severe weather alerts and meteorological disaster warning signal issued in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State.

Meteorological information services in these measures in article, refers to the weather information service unit based on meteorological data and weather forecasts products, user-oriented information service activities carried out.

Meteorological information services unit mentioned in these measures refers to the legally established and meteorological information service of legal persons and other organizations.

Fourth article the competent Meteorological Department under the State Council is responsible for supervision and administration of the national meteorological information service activities.

Local meteorological departments at various levels in the higher level meteorological departments and under the leadership of the people's Governments at the corresponding level, in charge of the supervision and management of weather information services activities within the administrative area.

Fifth State encourages meteorological information service activities carried out according to law, meteorological information and support services related to the development and promotion of scientific research, guidance and social capital, support of meteorological information industry development.

Sixth weather information services should follow voluntary principles of fairness, honesty and credibility shall not prejudice national interests, public interests and the legitimate interests of others.

Seventh the competent Meteorological Department under the State Council shall establish a unified national weather information services unit record statistical system. Meteorological information services unit shall license registration of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the competent meteorological record, and accept their supervision.

Established before the introduction of these measures should be adopted within six months from the date of filing this scheme set up after, shall, within three months from the date of the license for the record.

Eighth meteorological record information service unit shall provide the following materials: (a) original and copy of business license and (ii) the original and photocopy of proof of identity of the legal representative, (iii) principal technical information; (d) the information scope of delivery and description of services.

Nineth meteorological information service unit shall comply with the following requirements: (a) using legal channels to obtain weather information and weather forecasting products, (ii) business planning and management system, (iii) comply with weather-related technical standards, specifications and regulations. Tenth shall be encouraged to establish meteorological information service industry organizations.

Meteorological information service industry should exercise self-discipline management of weather information services, and accept the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the competent meteorological operational guidance and supervision.

11th meteorological information service industry should be developing meteorological information service industry self-regulation and professional standards, promoting the healthy development of the meteorological information service industry.

12th the competent Meteorological Department under the State Council or provincial, autonomous region, municipality directly under the meteorological departments should be in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State organization or a third party for meteorological information service providers to carry out periodic evaluation of the quality of meteorological information service, and public evaluation of the results.

13th the competent Meteorological Department under the State Council or provincial, autonomous region, municipality directly under the meteorological departments should adopt open government information, meteorological information services unit, reporting and public information channels, widely collect credit information of meteorological information service confirmed to the society after release.

14th the competent Meteorological Department under the State Council shall establish a sharing platform for meteorological data collection and development of a data collection system. The competent Meteorological Department under the State Council shall formulate the basic meteorological data and products list and announced to the public.

Meteorological information services unit for free basic meteorological data and products.

Article 15th meteorological information service unit of the competent meteorological departments should make full use of basic meteorological data provided by the meteorological station, avoid repeated construction of meteorological observation stations (point).

Does needed built station Gets information of, built station units should will intends built meteorological detection station (points) of location, and longitude degrees coordinates, and detection meteorological elements type, and instrument equipment, and information transmission, and storage way, and purpose uses and detection period, related information reported detection station (points) location set district of city level above meteorological competent institutions record, and according to national about provides meeting make by get of meteorological detection information, meteorological competent institutions should issued meeting make voucher.

16th article ban meteorological information service units engaged in following activities: (a) to social released public meteorological forecast, and disaster sex weather alert and meteorological disaster warning signal; (ii) damage national security, and public interests and others lawful rights and interests of of behavior; (three) unauthorized in defense and the military facilities, and military sensitive regional, and yet opening area and other involved national security of regional established meteorological detection station (points); (four) legal regulations ban of other meteorological information service activities.

Article 17th foreign organizations or individuals in China meteorological information service activities shall be in accordance with the law and the laws and regulations relating to foreign investment. 18th article violation this approach provides, has following behavior one of of, by County above meteorological competent institutions ordered deadline corrected, refused to corrected of, give warning, can and at 30,000 yuan following fine, punishment results into meteorological information service units credit information statistics system and to social publicity: (a) using of meteorological information not meteorological competent institutions belongs of Observatory provides, or cannot proved is other legal channel get of; (ii) engaged in meteorological information service, late not to location of province, and autonomous regions, and

Municipality of meteorological departments for the record or providing false records of materials; (c) meteorological exploration activities, not to the districts of the city-level meteorological authority record, or not in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State by the collection of meteorological data; (d) meteorological information service for fraudulent use of the name of another person, damage to public interests and the legitimate rights and interests of others.

19th foreign organizations or individuals without the approval of the competent meteorological, meteorological information service activities without permission, by relevant meteorological authorities ordered corrective action and give a warning, and a 30,000 yuan fine.

Meteorological information services activities endangering State security and State Secrets Act, in violation of relevant laws and regulations, security and confidentiality according to law by the State constitutes a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.

20th article violates these rules, publish to the community public weather forecasts, severe weather warning and meteorological disaster warning signals, in accordance with the People's Republic of China Meteorological law and the meteorological disaster prevention Ordinance and other relevant laws and regulations for penalties. 21st article this way come into force on June 1, 2015.