21-51  Meteorological Observatories, Stations and The Reception
and Use of Satellite Cloud Images (2004)
Region, City	Number of	Meteorological	Meteorological	Atmosphere	Number of
and Units	Meteorological	Observatories	Stations	Background	Satellite
	Observatories			Special	Cloud Images
	and Station			Observation	Receiving Station
	(unit)			Station	(unit)
National Total	2611	366	2486	4	389
Beijing	25	1	22	1	4
Tianjin	13	2	14		3
Hebei	147	12	146		14
Shanxi	117	12	109		9
Inner Mongolia	124	15	124		43
Liaoning	60	14	56		14
Jilin	56	9	56		5
Heilongjiang	83	13	87	1	9
Shanghai	11	1	11		11
Jiangsu	82	13	75		49
Zhejiang	68	11	63	1	37
Anhui	81	18	84		3
Fujian	77	9	71		5
Jiangxi	91	12	90		6
Shandong	119	17	117		22
Henan	137	18	123		16
Hubei	87	14	82		15
Hunan	118	15	102		12
Guangdong	101	21	88		6
Guangxi	90	15	97		4
Hainan	21	2	22		2
Chongqing	48	4	35		4
Sichuan	172	22	159		6
Guizhou	91	10	86		5
Yunnan	137	17	129		7
Tibet	40	8	40		4
Shaanxi	110	11	99		13
Gansu	85	13	84		18
Qinghai	57	9	56	1	10
Ningxia	24	5	27		3
Xinjiang	106	16	106		12
Dalian	8	3	8		1
Ningbo	10	1	8		8
Qingdao	9	1	7		4
Xiamen	2	1	2		2
National Meteorological Center	1	1
National Satellite	1				3
Meteorological
Center
Chinese Academy	2		1
of Meteorological
Science
a)As many as 292 observatory-station combined units have been excluded from
the total number of the observatories and stations in the meteorological department.