Maintained by: Commission for Integrated Survey of Natural Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences and State Planning Committee.

Summary of Data Held: The WDC is concerned with the collection, management, distribution and utilization of data from Chinese provinces, autonomous regions and counties, including:

Resource data: management, distribution and utilization of land, water, climate, forest, grassland, minerals, energy, etc.
Environmental data: pollution, environmental quality, change, natural disasters, soli erosion, etc.
Biological resources: animals, plants, wildlife
Social economy: agriculture, industry, transport, commerce, infrastructure, etc.
Population and labor
Geographic background data on scales of 1:4M, 1:1M, 1:½M, 1:2500, etc.

User Services: The WDC for Renewable Resources and Envrionment is in 917 Building, Datun Road, Chao Yang District, Beijing. Open to visitors during normal working hours. Data can be provided in machine readable form on magnetic tapes and disks, or by fax, e-mail, and Internet.

Publications: Digest of Territorial Resources, 1987 onwards.