Government of the Hong Kong Special Admistrative Region

12/19/2023 | News release | Distributed by Public on 12/19/2023 01:34

Delegation from Aviation Meteorological Centre of Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) Air Traffic Management Bureau (ATMB) visited the Observatory

19 December 2023

Mr ZHANG Hongtai, the Deputy Director-General of the Aviation Meteorological Centre of CAAC ATMB, led a delegation of 8, including ATMB meteorologists from different regions in the Mainland, to visit the Hong Kong Observatory from 5 to 7 December 2023. During the visit, both parties introduced their recent operations and services in aviation meteorology, and exchanged views on the current state of international aviation meteorological development. They also discussed plans to strengthen collaboration in various areas such as forecasting techniques of aviation hazardous weather, forecast verification methods, meteorological data exchange, etc.

The delegation visited the Airport Meteorological Office and Meteorological Garden located at the Hong Kong International Airport. Through this visit, the delegation gained a deeper understanding of the Observatory's aviation weather services, which would facilitate further cooperation between the two sides in the future.

Dr CHAN Pak-wai, Director of the Hong Kong Observatory (front row, centre) photographed with Mr ZHANG Hongtai, Deputy Director-General of Aviation Meteorological Center of CAAC ATMB (front row, second from left), members of the delegation and the Observatory's colleagues at the Headquarters

The delegation visited the Airport Meteorological Office of the Observatory