A structured gateway to CMA capabilities
The platform provides systematic access to CMA’s global meteorological monitoring, forecasting, warning, service, and disaster risk reduction capabilities.
About MAZU
About the MAZU Menu-to-Service Platform
A menu-based platform for tailored global early warning services
The MAZU Menu-to-Service Platform is designed to support the implementation of the Early Warnings for All (EW4ALL) initiative by providing a clear, accessible, and practical pathway for countries and institutions to identify, select, and receive early warning services from the China Meteorological Administration (CMA).
The platform transforms CMA’s operational products, technologies, systems, tools, equipment, and best practices into a structured service catalog. Users can explore available resources, build a request list according to their needs, generate tailored early warning solutions with AI assistance, and track the implementation of cooperation tasks through a full-cycle management process.
Background
In 2022, the United Nations launched the Early Warnings for All (EW4ALL) initiative, aiming to ensure that everyone on Earth is protected by early warning systems. In response to this global priority, the China Meteorological Administration proposed MAZU, China’s solution for supporting global early warning capacity development.
MAZU is not only a technical platform. It is also a comprehensive solution that brings together meteorological products, forecasting technologies, operational systems, service tools, equipment, expertise, and practical experience accumulated in disaster prevention and risk reduction.
The MAZU Menu-to-Service Platform provides a digital interface for turning these capabilities into practical, demand-oriented services.
M
Multi-hazard
Comprehensive monitoring of multiple hazards
A
Alert
Timely warnings for faster response
Z
Zero-gap
Bridging capacity gaps with tailored support
U
Universal
Accessible to all countries and communities
Platform Positioning
The platform serves as a bridge between CMA’s service capabilities and the diverse needs of partner countries and institutions.
Different countries have different levels of meteorological infrastructure, operational capacity, disaster risk profiles, and development priorities. A single standard solution cannot meet all needs. At the same time, many users may not have a full understanding of the services, technologies, and tools that CMA can provide.
The MAZU Menu-to-Service Platform addresses this gap by offering a structured process: From service catalog → to request list → to tailored solution → to task implementation and tracking.
Through this process, users can move from general demand expression to a concrete, actionable, and traceable cooperation task.
How the Platform Works
The platform is organized around four core functions.
Step 1
Service Catalog
Step 2
Request List
Step 3
Tailored Solutions
Step 4
Task Management
- 1
Service Catalog
Users can explore a structured catalog of CMA’s available early warning resources, including operational products, technologies, platforms, tools, equipment, and best practices.
The catalog is organized according to the four pillars of EW4ALL:
- Disaster risk knowledge and risk management
- Detection, observation, monitoring, analysis, and forecasting
- Warning dissemination and communication
- Preparedness and response capabilities
Each service item includes key information such as service name, category, provider, technical description, delivery mode, contact information, and supporting materials.
- 2
Request List
Users can select relevant service items and add them to a Request List, similar to building a service package.
The Request List helps users organize their needs according to specific priorities, such as severe weather monitoring, short- to medium-range forecasting, tropical cyclone services, early warning dissemination, agricultural meteorological services, or disaster risk reduction support.
Users can review, adjust, save, and name their Request List before moving to the next step.
- 3
Tailored Solutions
Based on the selected Request List, the platform uses AI-assisted analysis and predefined solution templates to generate a tailored early warning service proposal.
The solution may be designed at different levels according to the user’s capacity, needs, and implementation conditions:
MAZU-Cloud
Cloud-based services through the international early warning cloud platform.
MAZU-Basic
Lightweight local applications or portable deployment solutions.
MAZU-Pro
Jointly customized systems, models, platforms, or service tools.
MAZU-Ultra
Full technical transfer, local deployment, equipment support, and capacity development.
Users and administrators can further revise the proposed solution to ensure that it is realistic, targeted, and implementable.
- 4
Task Management
After a tailored solution is submitted, it becomes a service request for further review and coordination.
The World Meteorological Centre Beijing operational office, together with relevant CMA departments and institutions, will review the request, communicate with the user, refine the solution, and determine whether it can be implemented.
Once confirmed, the request becomes a formal cooperation task. The platform then supports full-cycle tracking, including task responsibility, progress updates, coordination records, implementation status, and final outcomes.
Key Features
Demand-driven customization
Users can select services according to their own needs rather than receiving a fixed package. This makes the solution more relevant to local risk profiles, operational gaps, and development priorities.
AI-assisted solution generation
The platform uses AI to support demand analysis and solution drafting, improving efficiency while still allowing expert review and manual adjustment.
Full-cycle task tracking
The platform does not stop at demand collection. It supports the entire process from request submission to task confirmation, implementation, progress monitoring, and completion review.
Quality-oriented management
Service items entering the catalog are expected to follow review, approval, update, and exit mechanisms. This helps ensure that the platform provides mature, reliable, and operationally useful services.
Who Can Use the Platform
The platform serves international registered users and visitors who have not yet registered.
International users
National meteorological and hydrological services, disaster management agencies, regional organizations, international partners, and other registered users can browse services, build request lists, submit tailored service needs, and track task progress.
Non-registered users
Visitors without an account may browse selected public information, including the service catalog and general platform content, before deciding to register for full request and tracking capabilities.
Register for a member account to submit service requests, build tailored solution lists, and track cooperation tasks through the platform.
Expected Value
The MAZU Menu-to-Service Platform is intended to make global early warning cooperation more transparent, organized, and operational.
It helps partner countries better understand what CMA can provide. It helps CMA better understand user needs. It also supports more effective coordination among service providers, platform administrators, and international users.
By turning available resources into a menu-based service catalog, and by turning user needs into tailored and trackable cooperation tasks, the platform provides a practical mechanism for implementing MAZU and supporting EW4ALL.
Start Your MAZU Service Journey
Explore the catalog, select the services you need, generate a tailored solution, and track your cooperation task through the platform.
This draft is based on the uploaded platform design material, especially its descriptions of the platform background, core purpose, four-step workflow, MAZU service levels, user roles, and task management process.