Countries eye cooperation with China in weather tech to address climate change challenges

SEVERAL countries are looking to cooperate with China on meteorological technology to address the climate change challenges they are facing.

"Many countries, including Egypt, Jordan, Mauritania and [the] Gulf countries, [showed] great interest in cooperatively using China's meteorological technological products to jointly reduce disaster risks and improve multihazard early warning services," Xu Xiaofeng, the head of the China Meteorological Service Association (CMSA), told government-run tabloid Global Times on Monday.