Citing the Lanzhou University, China’s state-run news agency Xinhua reported on June 16 that the first outside-China super observation station for climate and the environment along the Belt and Road (B&R) has started operation in Tajikistan.
This observation station in Shahritous district, Khatlon province of Tajikistan, reportedly provides comprehensive observation data for dust, pollutants and meteorological elements in key areas of Central Asia, Huang Jianping, an academician with the Chinese Academy of Sciences and professor at Lanzhou University, was cited as saying.
It can provide warnings for meteorological disasters and countermeasures to climate change, Huang noted.
The station is reportedly a part of the B&R climate and environment observation network, which was initiated by the Lanzhou University and jointly constructed by the government authorities and institutions of China and other countries.
Initiated in 2016, the observation network starts in Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province, with more than 20 designed stations along the B&R countries and regions. By now, seven stations in China and one in Pakistan's Peshawar city have been launched, Huang Zhongwei, a professor at Lanzhou University, was cited as saying.
The network can monitor the long-distance transmission of sand, dust and the local diffusion law of atmospheric complex pollutants, serving socio-economic development and playing roles in global climate-change study and diverse other fields.
