By the end of 2022, a nationwide ground-based observation network consisting of 10,963 observation stations was established, including national climate observatories, atmospheric background stations, national climate reference stations, national basic stations, manned national (conventional) meteorological observation stations, national surface meteorological observation stations, national greenhouse meteorological observation stations, space weather observation stations, national agrometeorological observation stations, national agrometeorological experimental stations, national atmospheric constituent observation stations, and provincial meteorological observation stations. 

At present, ground-based meteorological observation stations have achieved full coverage of towns and villages nationwide, with all stations fully automated, and the transmission efficiency of observation data has been increased from minutes to seconds. Initially, full coverage of the observation of key elements of basic climate variables in 65 climate zones nationwide has been made possible. The observation capacity of the specialized meteorological observation network basically meets the needs of major national strategies and economic and social development.