World Meteorological Center branch to be topped off this year

The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area branch of the World Meteorological Center (Beijing) in China-Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City (CSGKC) will be topped off this year.

Covering an area of 12,800 square meters in CSGKC's Scientific and Educational Innovation Zone, the project consists of a main building for business exhibition, innovative research, achievement transformation, and academic exchanges, an annex building for supportive facilities and an outdoor field for comprehensive experiments and observations.

A rendering of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area branch of the World Meteorological Center (Beijing).

Its location boasts convenient transportation accessibility, with Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport and Guangzhou South Railway Station reachable in one hour, as well as Greater Bay Area cities like Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Foshan, and Zhuhai reachable in two hours.

Once the project comes into operation, it will be committed to key technological breakthroughs in meteorological forecast and warnings, high-end meteorological talent training, as well as intelligent equipment R&D.

Wang Sihua, deputy director of the Huangpu meteorological bureau, noted that the project will accentuate the role of meteorology as the first line of defense in disaster prevention and reduction, as well as provide meteorological support to the construction of the Greater Bay Area.