Interim provisions on meteorological service work

Chapter I General Provisions Article 1 In order to further strengthen and develop meteorological undertakings, continuously improve their benefits and better serve the overall goal of China's socialist economic construction and development, these Provisions are formulated in accordance with the guidelines of meteorological work. Article 2 Protecting the people and serving the socialist construction is the purpose of meteorological work and the duty of all meteorological workers. Article 3 Meteorological work should focus on serving agriculture and serve socialist modernization in an all-round way. Article 4 Meteorological services shall pursue accuracy, timeliness and high quality, and give priority to improving the social, economic and ecological benefits of services. Article 5 In order to meet the needs of national economic and social development, while vigorously strengthening public welfare services, we should actively develop professional paid services. Article 6 Local meteorological undertakings are under the dual leadership of meteorological departments and local governments. Local governments at all levels are responsible for the leadership and arrangement of local meteorological services, and determine the service focus according to the characteristics of local economic construction.

Poverty alleviation by meteorological science and technology is a professional meteorological service with important political and economic significance, which should be regarded as an important task of meteorological service in poverty-stricken areas determined by the state and provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government). Chapter II Division of Services and Cooperation Article 7 The meteorological service system shall be laid out in principle according to administrative divisions to serve governments at all levels and local economic construction. In principle, meteorological stations are no longer set up in the city where the provincial capital (the capital of the autonomous region) is located, and the meteorological stations of the relevant provinces (autonomous regions) are responsible for the meteorological services of the city. The county where the regional administrative office is located is also handled in this way. Article 8 The meteorological service system is divided into four levels: national, provincial (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government), regional (city) and county, which are respectively responsible for meteorological services within their respective responsibilities. Meteorological service responsibility area is divided into administrative areas in principle, including:

(a) the scope of meteorological forecasts and warnings published publicly through radio, television, newspapers and periodicals is generally mainly in the area of responsibility;

(two) the scope of internal meteorological services provided for the special needs of local government departments or professional departments may not be restricted by the responsible areas;

(3) The service responsibility areas for marine weather forecasting and warning shall be implemented in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State Meteorological Administration. Ninth meteorological services must establish a holistic concept, strengthen mutual cooperation and support. For cross-responsibility areas or foreign-related meteorological services, the relevant meteorological bureaus, stations and stations should strengthen consultation and cooperation to ensure the completion of the task. Tenth close the relationship between meteorological stations at all levels and meteorological forecasting services. The superior station has the responsibility to guide the subordinate stations: the stations in the upstream area of the weather system should provide important weather information to the stations in the downstream area, and assist the stations in the downstream area to do a good job in forecasting disastrous and critical weather. Eleventh from the actual needs, organize important weather forecast and intelligence defense. Important weather defense across provinces (autonomous regions) and regions shall be directly negotiated by the meteorological bureaus of relevant provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) and regions (cities), and the meteorological departments at higher levels shall give active support and help. Chapter III Public Services Article 12 Public services refer to free meteorological services provided to the society. Its main categories:

(1) Meteorological services provided for disaster prevention and relief organized by governments at all levels and guiding production and construction;

(two) for all levels of government planning, statistical departments to prepare plans, annual reports and other internal information;

(3) Weather forecast for military activities, emergency rescue and special tasks;

(four) through radio, television, newspapers and telephone inquiries. To provide general weather forecasts and warnings to the public. Thirteenth meteorological forecasting services should give priority to providing forecasting and early warning services for disastrous and critical weather. We should study, deploy and prepare early. When it is predicted that disastrous and critical weather may occur, it should be reported to the local government in time, so that the government departments can make disaster prevention and relief decisions as soon as possible. Fourteenth constantly improve and enrich the methods and contents of public services such as radio, television, newspapers and periodicals, telephone consultation. Television broadcasting uses national unified meteorological symbols. Chapter IV Professional Paid Services Article 15 Professional meteorological services provided by enterprises, institutions and individuals in the national economy shall be paid. Its nature belongs to the category of scientific and technological consulting services. Sixteenth professional paid services include:

(1) Professional meteorological forecast;

(2) Professional meteorological information;

(3) Applying climate analysis and climate data processing;

(4) Atmospheric environment assessment;

(5) On-site atmospheric test and meteorological support;

(six) technical appraisal or audit of the original meteorological observation data of foreign departments;

(seven) other meteorological science and technology services. Article 17 The aviation danger reports of the national defense and civil aviation departments, the rainfall reports of the water conservancy (flood control) departments, the basic climate data processed routinely and the special meteorological lines connected with the meteorological departments shall be implemented in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State Meteorological Administration. Eighteenth professional meteorological services should have the characteristics of close integration with the profession and strong pertinence. It is necessary to understand the whole process of production and construction, establish meteorological indicators and methods for professional services, and work hard on the word "specialized". Nineteenth professional paid services should be negotiated by the supply and demand sides and abide by the service contract. Its content and format can refer to the provisions on technical consultation and technical service contracts in the Technical Contract Law.