Abstract:Numerical weather prediction is an essential component of core technologies that safeguard national economy, people's livelihood, and national defense security. In order to enhance the meteorological service level along the "Belt and Road" regions, the Urumqi Desert Meteorological Research Institute of the China Meteorological Administration has been advancing the development of the Central Asia Regional Rapid Update Multi-scale Analysis and Forecast System (RMAPS-CA) since 2017. Significant research achievements have been made in the joint assimilation of multi-source data, optimization of parameterization schemes, and adjustment of the dynamic framework. Based on a review of the operational development history of RMAPS-CA, this paper focuses on summarizing the research achievements in the assimilation of radar reflectivity, the separation of sub-grid physical processes such as gravity wave drag due to high-altitude sub-grid terrain and near-surface blocking drag, the hybrid terrain-following coordinate dynamic framework, and the correction of forecast products based on the Bayesian model averaging (BMA) method. In response to the characteristics of sparse conventional observations and extensive desert surfaces in Central Asia, suggestions are proposed to strengthen the operational development and application of numerical weather prediction in the Central Asia region, especially on the assimilation of satellite ground channels.