The Fengyun-4 satellite, the first of China's second- generation weather satellites in geostationary orbit is also the country's first quantitative remote-sensing satellite in highest orbit.
It has helped improve the country's weather and climate forecasts, and test results during its in-orbit operation have met targets, it said.
Tests on platform, payload and ground application system have been completed during its in-orbit operation, China's State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defenceaid in a statement.
Its successful operation enables China to become a leader in developing geostationary orbiting weather satellites, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.