SHANGHAI, July 17 (Xinhua) -- The China Meteorological Administration (CMA) on Friday officially issued the MAZU-FengYun Satellite AI Box, which integrates the comprehensive observation capabilities of China's Fengyun meteorological satellites with artificial intelligence (AI) technology to serve international users.
The release marks a key step in upgrading MAZU, China's AI-powered meteorological early warning solution, from sharing products to delivering AI-enabled capabilities.
The announcement was made at a meteorological sub-forum of the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance in east China's Shanghai.
Integrating satellite data reception, AI inference, multi-source data fusion and operational applications, the AI box can be rapidly deployed according to the operational needs of different countries and regions.
It can be flexibly used in a range of scenarios, including internet-based services, Fengyun satellite direct reception, the CMA's satellite broadcasting system and field emergency operations, enabling a one-stop, closed-loop process covering satellite data acquisition, intelligent analysis and operational applications.
A CMA official said the AI box provides not only a suite of technological products, but also practical capabilities that can be deployed and further optimized.
By deploying AI models on user terminals, the AI box uses edge computing to integrate and process satellite data, forecast products and local observations, allowing complex data processing and intelligent analysis to be conducted locally.
Faced with increasingly frequent extreme weather and climate events and uneven development in early warning capabilities worldwide, the CMA is continuing to improve the MAZU solution, expand international Fengyun satellite services, and build an open and collaborative framework for international cooperation.
It is also promoting the open sharing of independently developed innovations, such as data and products stemming from Fengyun meteorological satellites, high-performance numerical weather prediction products and meteorological AI models, to expand the range of public meteorological products available to the international community. ■
