In collaboration with the Business School of East China University of Science and Technology, the State Key Laboratory for Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing (LIESMARS) of Wuhan University, and All China Market Research Co., Ltd, the China Data Center is pleased to release Urban and Regional Explorer (URE), a new spatial data service for urban and regional analysis of China. It offers extensive demographic and economic data, maps, charts, reports, as well as advanced functions for graphic and spatial statistical analysis in a web-based delivery system. With this spatial intelligence, users will be able to make rapid, accurate spatial decisions with greater confidence for regional planning, business investment, population, housing, environmental assessment, public health and many other spatial applications. Data sources in this database includes demographic and business information for all PRC geographies, including 31 Provinces, 345 Prefecture Cities, 2,873 Counties, and over 50,000 Townships.

More detailed information can be found at http://chinadataonline.org/cge2/. Please contact the China Data Center at (734) 647-9610 or chinadata@umich.edu for applications.