Transcript Reshaping Chinese official statistics

IAOS Conference
Shanghai, 14-16 October 2008
Serve Scientific Development
and
Reshape Chinese Official Statistics
Mr. Ma Jiantang, Commissionner, NBS of China
14 October 2008
Serve Scientific Development,
Reshape Chinese Official Statistics
• Major Moves in Recent Years
• Severe Challenges
• Thoughts of the Future
Major Moves in Recent Years
• Improve Statistical Organizational Set-up
– Set up survey offices under direct leadership
of NBS
– Set up the Department of Social, Science and
Technology Statistics
– Set up the Department of Energy Statistics
– Set up inter-ministerial meeting mechanism
for service statistics
Major Moves in Recent Years
• Improve the System of National Accounts
– Adoption of United Nations SNA 1993
– Annual and Quarterly GDP Estimates
Major Moves in Recent Years
• Reform Statistical Survey Systems
– Census: Population, Agriculture, Economic
– Statistics on Different Sectors
– Sample Surveys
– Administrative Records
Major Moves in Recent Years
• Statistical Infrastructure Construction
– Statistical Legislation
– Information Technology
Severe Challenges
• Demands for Statistical Data Are On
Dramatic Increase, More Diversified And
Complicated
– Demands for Economic, Social and
Environmental Data
– Regional Data
– Demands by the Public
– Demands by Overseas Investors
Severe Challenges
• Economic and Social Development Puts
Higher Requirements on Official
Statistics
– Statistics to Keep Pace With the Development
– Service-oriented Government
– International Common Practice
Severe Challenges
• Economic and Social Changes Make it
More Difficult to Conduct Statistical
Surveys
– Difficulty caused by the transition from
planned economy to market economy
– Difficulty caused by social changes
– Difficulty caused by respondents’ concern of
protection of privacy and business
confidentiality
Severe Challenges
• Current Official Statistical System Needs
to Be Improved
– Address demands：development, structure,
people’s livelihood
– Surveys: development, surveys,
administrative records, IT, legislation
– Policy decision-making
Thoughts of the Future
• Objectives of the Chinese Official
Statistical System:
To develop a modern statistical system that caters to the
needs of socialist modernization and provides efficient
services to national scientific development by producing
more accurate, relevant and credible data. It must be
accompanied with an improved organizational set-up, welldesigned statistical survey systems, strong legal guarantee,
use of advanced technology, high-quality workforce and good
quality and efficient statistical services.
Thoughts of the Future
• Official Statistical Organization
– Strengthen Centralized Leadership
– Enhance Local Statistical Work
– Strength Statistical Work at Other Government
Departments
Thoughts of the Future
• Statistical Surveys
– Statistical Standards
– Statistical Indicator System
– Periodical Census
– Regular Statistical Surveys
Thoughts of the Future
• Data Collection
– Business Register of Basic Units
– Integration of Statistical Surveys
– Statistical Methodologies
– Administrative Records
– Respondents’ Collaboration
Thoughts of the Future
• Statistical Legislation and Regulations
– Statistical Laws
– Make Public More Aware
– Enforcement of Statistical Laws and
Regulations
Thoughts of the Future
• IT Construction
– IT Infrastructure Construction
– Statistical Databases
– Data Collection Software
Thoughts of the Future
• Statistical Services
– Relevancy of Official Statistics
– Data Dissemination
– Statistical Services
Thank you!