Sino-US focus on weather forecasts

Top meteorologists of China and the US are jointly trying to make weather forecasts more accurate, China Meteorological Administration (CMA) head Zheng Guoguang told China Daily website yesterday.

"Chinese meteorologists have done a great job by accurately forecasting the heavy snow that lashed the country in January and February. That won the praise of the international community."

Apart form the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the chief of National Weather Service (NWS) in the US, John Hayes, has also expressed his wish to strengthen cooperation between the two countries.