Established in 1978, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences (CAMS) is affiliated with China Meteorological Administration.

The academy has a research team of experts from home and abroad. There are 554 staff members, of whom 22 are researchers, 103 are associate researchers and senior engineers, and 236 are assistant researchers and engineers.

CAMS has seven research institutes (or centers) and six laboratories (or experimental bases). It is a multi-disciplinary and comprehensive research institution. While concentrating on research area of applied meteorology, it also takes up basic research of atmospheric science.

The academy was one of the first batch institutions to grant master's degree of atmospheric science. It also has instructors for doctors. The academy has established bilateral or multilateral cooperation with more than 30 countries and regions and sent staff members to study abroad, over 250 have completed their study and returned to China.

It has two advanced academic periodicals: Journal of Applied Meteorology (in Chinese and English) and Annual of Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences (in English).