21-49 Meteorological Observatories, Stations and The Reception and Use of Satellite Cloud Images by Region (2003)
Region, City	Number of			#Atmosphere	Number of
and Units	Meteorological	#Meteorological	#Meteorological	Background	Satellite
	Observatories	Observatories	Stations	Special	Cloud Images
	and Station			Observation	Receiving Station
	(unit)			Station	(unit)
National Total	2632	366	2481	4	413
Beijing	25	1	22	1	3
Tianjin	13	2	14		3
Hebei	147	12	146		14
Shanxi	117	12	109		7
Inner Mongolia	124	15	124		24
Liaoning	60	14	56		18
Jilin	58	9	56		6
Heilongjiang	83	13	86	1	3
Shanghai	11	1	11		13
Jiangsu	81	13	75		49
Zhejiang	68	11	63	1	25
Anhui	81	18	84		3
Fujian	77	9	71		24
Jiangxi	91	12	90		5
Shandong	119	17	117		23
Henan	135	18	121		16
Hubei	87	14	82		13
Hunan	118	15	101		10
Guangdong	101	21	88		44
Guangxi	90	15	97		3
Hainan	22	2	22		2
Chongqing	48	4	35		4
Sichuan	172	22	159		6
Guizhou	90	10	85		9
Yunnan	135	17	130		4
Tibet	40	8	40		4
Shaanxi	109	11	98		13
Gansu	86	13	84		18
Qinghai	57	9	56	1	10
Ningxia	24	5	27		3
Xinjiang	130	16	106		17
Dalian	8	3	8		1
Ningbo	11	1	8		8
Qingdao	8	1	7		4
Xiamen	2	1	2		1
National Mete-	1	1
Center
National Satellite	1				3
Meteorological
Center
Chinese Academy	2		1
of Meteorological
Science
a) As many as 283 observatory-station combined units have been excluded from the total number of the observatories and stations in the meteorological
department.