Institute of Urban Meteorology

IUM is a national-level scientific research institute. Its predecessor was the Beijing Institute of Meteorological Sciences, which was established in 1974. In 1999, the China Meteorological Administration (CMA) and the People's Government of Beijing Municipality jointly established the Beijing Urban Meteorological Engineering Technology Research Center, which is linked to the Beijing Institute of Meteorological Sciences. In 2002, in the reform of national public research institutes, IUM was established and became one of the eight national professional meteorological institutes under CMA. In 2013, it was recognized by the Ministry of Science and Technology as a national international scientific and technological cooperation base for urban meteorological research. On October 26, 2018, with the joint support and promotion of CMA and the People's Government of Beijing Municipality, IUM was established as an academy. In August 2022, it was selected as the first key innovation team of the China Meteorological Administration, and in November 2022, it established Key Laboratory of Urban Meteorology of China Meteorological Administration.