Transcript The Overview of GDP Estimates and Related Issues in China

IMF International
cooperation with the NBS
Presentation
Closing session
Friday, December 4, 2009
Kim Zieschang
IMF Statistics Department
The 13th OECD-NBS Workshop on National Accounts
Haikou, China
November 30-December 4, 2009
The views herein are those of the author and should not be
attributed to the IMF, its Executive board, or its management
Past collaboration
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IMF’s Statistics Department (STA) and
China’s data compiling agencies have
engaged in a substantial amount of
technical cooperation since China rejoined
the IMF in April 1980
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Bilateral projects have been mostly in areas of
statistics other than national accounts and
prices, in monetary, balance of payments, and
government finance statistics
Training has been as important a modality as
bilateral projects in real sector statistics
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China Training Program (CTP)
Singapore Training Institute (STI)
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Current collaboration
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Chinese delegations from NBS have
visited IMF/STA on information and
consultative visits
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On NBS work in real sector statistics
On China’s participation in the General
Data Dissemination System (GDDS), and
on China’s future achievement of Special
Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS)
requirements.
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Future collaboration
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The NBS has identified the following opportunities for
collaboration with IMF/STA:
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Training programs at CTP or other collaborative venues
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Price statistics, including service sector prices, such as real estate
and transportation
The training could be conducted through (a) a tailored training
course in China to resolve specific issues, and (b) hands-on training
of NBS statisticians in advanced countries
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National accounts
This training could be conducted through (a) a training course on
national accounts based on the System of National Accounts 2008,
and (b) a tailored seminar and a TA mission on specific topics with
some case studies, such as GDP accounting, research on supply
and use methodology, and regional GDP accounting.
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NBS staff might also be able to work at the IMF on tours of up to
six months under the visiting staff program
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