Recent developments in remote-sensing technologies for disaster management in China

China is one of the countries most affected by natural disasters. AI most all kinds of disasters can be found in China. Thanks to the capability of remote sensing for the rapid collection of information in all phases of disaster managem ent, a lot of effort has been put into th e deve lopm ent of remote-sensing technologies in China. In this paper, some recent developments are introduced. At first, four recently launched satellites — Beijing-1, CBERS-02B, and HJ-1A/I B-are presented, as well as applications based on their data. Afterwards, research on the processing of remotesensing data carried out in China for disaster management is introduced.