What unit is the shadow office?

The shadow office is the weather modification office.

The weather modification office is a directly affiliated institution under the leadership of the provincial or municipal (district, county) meteorological bureau and a local meteorological institution. The main task is to artificially influence the weather, including activities to avoid or mitigate meteorological disasters, make rational use of climate resources, and artificially influence the physical and chemical processes of the local atmosphere through scientific and technological means under appropriate conditions to achieve the purposes of increasing rain and snow, hail suppression, rain elimination, fog elimination and frost prevention.