Meteorology Law of the People's Republic of China.

This Law aims at developing meteorological service, standardising meteorological activities, ensuring the accurate and timely issue of meteorological forecast, preventing meteorological disasters, properly exploiting and effectively protecting climatic resources. Competent meteorological departments at all levels shall arrange for climatic feasibility studies relating to city planning, key national construction projects, major regional economic development projects and large projects for the exploitation of climatic resources such as solar and wind energy (art.34). Moreover, the Law regulates meteorological observation, forecasting, services, prevention of meteorological disasters, exploitation of climatic resources and research in meteorological science and technology. Meteorological activities that organisations and individuals of other countries wish to conduct in China shall be subject to approval by the competent meteorological department under the State Council in conjunction with relevant departments(art. 8). The Law further provides for offences and penalties.