China
Dear Representatives of GEO Asia-Oceania

importance of youth training. By doing so, 2023

Regional Member Countries, Distinguished

AOGEO Announcement will make contribution

Guests,to regional development.

Good day! I am Professor Liao Xiaohan fromIn terms of international cooperation andthe Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural

exchange, in early June 2023, China hosted 2023

Resources Research, Chinese Academy ofInternational Training Workshop on EarthSciences. It is my honor to attend this session andObservation for Sustainable Development inpresent the country report as the representative ofDeveloping Countries, attracting over 570 young

the Lead Co-Chair and GEO China Alternate, andscholars from 37 countries across Asia, Europe,

I would like to express my gratitude to theand the Americas. The 2023 AOGEO Training

organizer, the Ministry of Education, Culture,

will prioritize Integrated Priority Study (IPS) area

Sports, Science and Technology of Japan forto promote sustainable development throughextending the invitation to me.

Earth Observations. Closely aligned with Agenda

As a stable and enduring platform for exchange

for Sustainable Development, focusing on theand mechanism for cooperation, AOGEO hasdevelopmentofEOtechnologies

inthe

been a long-term responder to the four GEO

Himalayan and island regions, and emphasizing

engagement priorities, and a continuous promoter

their critical applications in disaster reduction,of capacity development and collaborative

urban and ecological monitoring. In late

network construction in Integrated Priority Study

September, 2023 AOGEO Regional Seminar cum(IPS) regions. Over the past year, with the support

Training on Earth Observation for Advancingof countries across the Asia-Oceania region, GEO

Regional Sustainable Development in HKH wasChina has made remarkable achievements.

successfully held in Kathmandu, Nepal. ThisIn 2023, with the strong support of Japan,

training focused on glacier, water resources,

Australia, and South Korea, China successfully

ecological environment, agricultural resources,

hosted the 6th AOGEO Workshop, whichand disaster monitoring in mountainous scenes,

attracted more than 80 representatives from 18

with over 400 participants joining online from 22

countries and various international organizations,countries, and more than 70 participants

along with over 6,700 online participants. The

attending in person.

workshop covered diverse areas such as dataRegarding data sharing, during the 2023-2024

fusion, global ecological and environmental

period,monitoring, and capacity building. The 6thObservation Data Sharing Platform (GEOSS) has

AOGEO workshop successfully concluded withshared 32 curated datasets with GEOSS, UNEP,

the adoption of 2023 AOGEO Announcement,

and other international institutions, adding

which advocated all stakeholders in AO region

160,000 new metadata entries. Additionally, theshould, enhance the cooperations in technologicalplatform has provided data emergency response

innovations,environmental

services for 13 international disasters, including

monitoring, and data sharing, and emphasize thethe Turkey-Syria earthquake, New Zealandecologicaland

China’sNational

Integrated

Earthhurricane, and floods in Peru.
In the realm of practical applications andcapacity building, over the past year, China has
focused on the critical needs for food security andagricultural water security within the Belt andRoad Initiative. In this context, China hasdeveloped highly reliable global remote sensing
monitoring

platformsforcropconditions(CropWatch), water resources (ETWatch), anddrought(DroughtWatch).

Throughclose

cooperation with international organizations,capacitybuilding,training,

andsystem

customization have been carried out for sevencountries,

includingThailand,Cambodia.

Furthermore,aLaos,

snow

anddisastermonitoring system was established for Mongolia,
which played a significant role during the 2023
winter season. These efforts have received highrecognition

fromvariousinternationalorganizations, like the United Nations, serving asa successful model of South-South scientific andtechnological cooperation, and paving the way
for using technology to support food security.
Looking ahead, AOGEO will stay committed
to promoting the sharing of Earth observation
resources in the Asia-Oceania region, andnurturing more young talents by capacity
building and international cooperation, so as toachieve sustainable regional development.
Finally, I wish this Symposium a great success.
Thank you!