The National Time Service Center (NTSC; ) has the task of generating, maintaining and broadcasting standard time in
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
. It is located in
Xi'an
Xi'an ( , ; ; Chinese: ), frequently spelled as Xian and also known by #Name, other names, is the list of capitals in China, capital of Shaanxi, Shaanxi Province. A Sub-provincial division#Sub-provincial municipalities, sub-provincial city o ...
,
Shaanxi
Shaanxi (alternatively Shensi, see #Name, § Name) is a landlocked Provinces of China, province of China. Officially part of Northwest China, it borders the province-level divisions of Shanxi (NE, E), Henan (E), Hubei (SE), Chongqing (S), Sichu ...
, China. Its predecessor was the Shaanxi Astronomy Observatory of the
Chinese Academy of Sciences
The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); ), known by Academia Sinica in English until the 1980s, is the national academy of the People's Republic of China for natural sciences. It has historical origins in the Academia Sinica during the Republ ...
, which was established in 1966. In March 2001, the Observatory was renamed to National Time Service Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
NTSC includes short-wave (
BPM) and long-wave (
BPL) standard time and frequency radio stations. And in 2007, low-frequency (
BPC
BPC may refer to:
* Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation, a government tourism organization of Bangladesh
*'' Bâtiment de projection et de commandement'' (projection and command ship), the ''Mistral'' class of amphibious assault ships
*Battery Park Ci ...
) time signal station began trial broadcasting from
Shangqiu
Shangqiu (), alternately romanized as Shangkiu, is a city in eastern Henan province, Central China. It borders Kaifeng to the northwest, Zhoukou to the southwest, and the provinces of Shandong and Anhui to the northeast and southeast respectively ...
.
References
Research institutes of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
1966 establishments in China
Education in Xi'an
Time in China
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Time signals