The National Remote Sensing Center of China, Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China, has launched the Global Remote Sensing Monitoring on Ecosystem and Environment Program. The program, which is based on and integrated with the National High-tech R&D Program (863 Program) and a series of national scientific research products, will support international cooperation on global change studies and the Earth Observation System of Systems. The program will (1) make a series of global datasets on the ecosystem and environment available to users worldwide; (2) publish a series of reports and analysis results based on these datasets; and, (3) provide consultation and assistance to decision-makers, the international scientific research community and the general public.