New understanding achieved from 2 years of Chinese ionospheric investigations

In the mainland of China, the number of ionospheric research groups is more than 10. Around 110 articles related to ionospheric physics have been published during 2014–2015. In this annual national report of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR), we will outline some recent progresses in ionospheric studies conducted by the Chinese mainland scientists in the past 2 years.