China's first low-altitude meteorological industry cluster forms in Shenzhen

China's first low-altitude meteorological industry cluster has taken shape in Shenzhen, a tech hub in south China's Guangdong Province, which is expected to escort the rapid development of the country's low-altitude economy.

The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Weather Research Center for Monitoring Warning and Forecasting under the China Meteorological Administration now is ramping up efforts to construct the experimental zone for meteorological sci-tech industry cluster development.

The center is capable of providing low-altitude meteorological data baselines for 146 columns of data standards in 38 classes spanning 12 categories.

The near, short, medium and long-term forecast products generated there have uniform standards, and the real-time data such as precise wind speed and rainfall can cover the low-altitude take-off and landing points and air route grid points in Shenzhen in accordance with actual needs.

"Our main products are laser wind-detecting radar products. After the installation of laser wind-detecting radar and other related devices, our services will completely cover the low-altitude take-off and landing points, air routes and low-altitude airspace in Shenzhen, and radiate to surrounding air routes, providing real-time high-resolution meteorological data, which will improve the support and efficiency management capabilities for the meteorological safety of low-altitude flights," said Zhao Deping, one of the first scientific and technological personnel settled in the experimental zone.

The formation of the first low-altitude meteorological industry cluster in China is of great significance to the construction of low-altitude economic infrastructure.

In the future, the country's meteorological departments will integrate meteorological tasks related to low-altitude flight safety from various levels such as aircraft manufacturing, airworthiness certification, flight control, and airspace division, and will also reinforce the management of low-altitude meteorological monitoring and forecasting services within the sector.

China's first low-altitude meteorological industry cluster forms in Shenzhen

Foreign ministers from eight Arab and Islamic countries have condemned in the strongest terms recent "illegal" Israeli decisions and measures aimed at entrenching settlement activity and Israeli control in the West Bank.

In a joint statement, the foreign ministers of Qatar, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Pakistan, Türkiye, Egypt and Saudi Arabia reaffirmed their position that Israel has no sovereignty over occupied Palestinian territory.

They warned against the continued "expansionist Israeli policies" and illegal measures pursued by the Israeli government in the occupied West Bank, voicing "absolute rejection of these illegal actions."

The ministers said Israeli measures constitute a blatant violation of international law and undermine the two-state solution, adding that such actions also undermine the ongoing efforts for peace and stability in the region.

The statement urged the international community to fulfill its legal and moral responsibilities to compel Israel to halt its dangerous escalation in the occupied West Bank.

On Sunday, Israel's security cabinet approved several decisions aimed at altering the legal and civil status of the West Bank and strengthening Israeli control over the territory.

Among the controversial measures approved, the cabinet decided to repeal a law banning land sales to Jews, to remove the requirement for special transaction permits, and to revive a state land acquisition committee that had been inactive for about two decades.

Israel captured the West Bank and East Jerusalem in the 1967 Middle East War. The settlements it has built there and its ongoing military occupation are widely regarded as illegal under international law.

Palestinian officials have repeatedly warned that measures expanding settlements and extending Israeli civilian authority in the West Bank undermine prospects for establishing an independent Palestinian state.

Arab, Islamic countries condemn Israeli measures to deepen control in West Bank