The National Remote Sensing Center of China (NRSCC) is a subdivision of the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST). It has mandates as follows: to formulate the national policies and long-term plans for developing remote sensing science and technology, including geographic information system and satellite navigational technology; to coordinate amongst different departments in organizing and implementing nation-wide projects in order to promote remote sensing research and applications; to coordinate and develop international cooperation by organizing joint projects, seminars, and exchange visits: to provide technical services in the forms of training, consulting and data collection and management; to act as China’s contact point responsible for liaison with international organizations.

NRSCC (http://www.nrscc.gov.cn) has 17 operational departments, spanning across 9 governmental sections and 20 research organizations. Current NRSCC departments are the Department of Research and Development, Department of Technical Training, Department of Document Service, Department of Geographic Information Systems, Remote Sensing Satellite Ground Station, Wuhan Technical Training Department, Department of Land Resource, Department of Natural Disaster Sensing and Monitoring, Department of Agricultural Application, Department of Meteorological Satellite, Department of Aerial Remote Sensing, Department of Regional Remote Sensing (with three local branches), Department of Forest Resource and Ecological Environment, Department of Global Change and Sustainable Development Research, and the Department for Regional Remote Sensing Coordination. These NRSCC operational departments form an extensive and open network that brings together China's strongest remote sensing work force that include more than 3,000 technical staff. One third of them are senior scientists and engineers.

NRSCC has formed broad and close relationship with more than 20 foreign agencies and international organizations. NRSCC actively takes part in the regional and global science and technology cooperation, and by doing so to makes its contribution to the development of remote sensing technology and applications on a global scale.