An illegal weather station sensor installed by an overseas enterprise
某境外企业安装的非法气象探测设备
BEIJING, Oct. 31 -- According to Chinese Ministry of State Security, the national security authorities, in collaboration with the meteorological administrations, have carried out nationwide special inspections on foreign-related meteorological detection sites since the beginning of this year. They have investigated more than ten overseas meteorological equipment agents, and inspected over 3,000 foreign-related meteorological detection sites, among which hundreds of sites had been found transmitting meteorological data to overseas in real time. These sites were widely distributed in more than 20 provinces across the country, posing critical potential risks to national security.
北京，10月31日电 -- 据中国国安部披露消息，今年以来，中国国家安全机关会同气象、保密等部门在全国范围内依法开展涉外气象探测专项治理，调查境外气象设备代理商10余家，检查涉外气象站点3000余个，发现数百个非法涉外气象探测站点实时向境外传输气象数据，广泛分布在全国20多个省份，对国家安全造成风险隐患。
Among them, some projects were directly funded by foreign governments. Some observation sites were set up around sensitive places, such as military units and military-industrial enterprises, and used to conduct altitude verification and GPS positioning. Some were placed in major grain-producing areas to analyze the relevancy between crop growth and grain yield. And, some even performed long-time, high-frequency and multi-point real-time data transmission to foreign official meteorological agencies, serving foreign countries' homeland security on the purpose of monitoring China's meteorological data.
有些非法涉外气象探测项目受境外政府直接资助，部分观测点设立在军事单位、军工企业等敏感场所周边，进行海拔核准和GPS定位；有的布设在主要粮食产区，关联分析农作物生长和粮食产量；有的甚至长时间、高频次、多点位实时传输至外国官方气象机构，服务于外国国土安全和气象监测。
Such activities never applied for administrative licenses for foreign-related meteorological observation from competent authorities, never submitted meteorological data to the authorities, and never obtained approval for transmission of meteorological data overseas, which meant that they had violated relevant administrative and security regulations. China’s national security authorities, in collaboration with meteorological and confidentiality departments, investigated and treated such illegal activities according to relevant laws and regulations, and terminated the illegal activities of meteorological data outflow.
相关涉外气象探测活动，未向中国气象主管机构申请涉外气象探测行政许可，未向气象主管机构汇交气象资料，向境外传输气象数据未经气象主管部门审批，违反《涉外气象探测和资料管理办法》《数据安全法》等相关规定。国家安全机关联合气象、保密部门，依法对相关非法活动进行查处，及时阻断气象数据出境的违法行为。
An illegal home weather station found in a residential area in China
设在我居民区的非法气象探测设备
