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Opening Session

Chair: Mr. Qiu Xiaohua, Deputy Commissioner, NBS

●Welcome Remarks: Mr. Li Deshui, Commissioner, NBS

●Remarks: Mr. Fu Ziying, Assistant Minister, Ministry of Commerce of China (MOFCOM)

●Remarks: Mr. Jeff Nankivell, Counsellor (Development), Embassy of Canada

●Remarks: Mr. Friedrich Loehr, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany

●Remarks: Mrs. Carol Carson, Director, Statistics Department, IMF

Session I. Economic Reform and Statistics

Chair: Mr. Li Deshui, Commissioner, NBS

●Challenges to Statistical Work

- Mr. Lou Jiwei, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Finance of China

Session II. Overview of Technical Cooperation in Statistics

Chair: Mr. Enrico Giovannini, Chief Statistician, Statistics Directorate

●China’s Technical Cooperation in Statistics: Past and Future

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- Mr Qiu Xiaohua, Deputy Commissioner, NBS

●Statistics Canada’s Approach to Technical Cooperation with the National Bureau of Statistics of China

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  - Mr. Gordon J. Brackstone, Assistant Chief Statistician, Statistics

●Overview of Technical Cooperation between the Federal Statistical Officeof Germany and the National Bureau of Statistics of China: “A Model for a Successful Partnership"

  - Mr. Johann Hahlen, President, Federal Statistical Office of Germany

●Review by IMF: GDDS in China: A Milestone in the Technical Cooperation between China and the IMF

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  - Ms. He Qi, Deputy Division Chief, Statistics Department, IMF

●GDDS in China

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  - Mr. Zheng Jingping, Director-General, Department of Comprehensive Statistics, NBS

●The Summary of Statistical Work of the SAFE

  - Ms. Han Hongmei, Deputy Division Director, Department of Balance of Payments, State Administration of Foreign Exchange of China

Session III. Donor Policies and Statistics

Chair: Mr. Johann Hahlen, President, Federal Statistical Office of Germany

●China's International Cooperation and Statistics: Policies and Practice

  - Mr. Zhu Hong, Deputy Director-General, Department of International Trade and Economic Affairs, MOFCOM

●Canada-China Programming Framework: Policies, Poverty Reduction and Statistics

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  - Ms. Diana Merlini, First Secretary (Development), Embassy of Canada

●Germany's International Cooperation and Statistics: Policies and Practice

  - Ms. Gabriele Zeller, Desk Officer, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany

●Statistical Co-operation Between the OECD and China

  - Mr. Enrico Giovannini, Chief Statistician, Statistics Directorate, OECD

●Korea's International Cooperation and Statistics: Policies and Practice

  - Dr. Hyun-sik Chang, Chief Representative, KOICA Office in Beijing

●Sweden's International Cooperation in Statistics

  - Prof. Thomas Polfeldt, Senior Statistical Advisor, Statistics Sweden

●Japan’s Technical Cooperation in Statistics

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  - Mr. Takehiro Fukui, Counselor, Minister’s Secretariate, Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunication

Session IV. Adapting International Standards and Best Practices

Chair: Mrs. Carol Carson, Director, Statistics Department, IMF

●Leading Paper: The German-Chinese Project on Reorganization of Industrial- and Transport Statistics

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  - Ms. Waltraud Moore, Head of Division, Federal Statistical Office of Germany:

●Co-paper: The Achievements of the Canada-China Statistical Cooperation Program (SIMP)

  - Mr. Béla Prigly, Director, International Relations Division, Statistics Canada

●Review by China's National Bureau of Statistics

  National Economic Accounting and International Cooperation

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  - Mr. Xu Xianchun, Director-General, Department of National Accounts, NBS

●Project of Reorganization of the Chinese Industrial and Road Transport Statistics

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  - Mr. Ren Caifang, Director-General, Department of Industrial and Transport Statistics, NBS

Session V. Capacity Building

Chair: Mr. Gordon J. Brackstone, Assistant Chief Statistician, Statistics Canada

●Leading Paper: The Canadian-Chinese SIMP Program as an Example of Capacity Building

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  - Mr. Ramesh Chander, Advisor to Statistics Canada

●Co-paper: Capacities Built Up in the Fields of User Oriented Data Dissemination and International Data Supply

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  - Mr. Günter Kopsch, Head of Department, Federal Statistical Office of Germany

●Developing International Cooperation Enhancing Training Capacity Implementation large Scale of Trainings for Professionals in Statistical Surveys

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  - Mr. Wang Jili, Director-General, Statistical Education Center, NBS

●IT Application, China National Statistics Information Network  and International Cooperation

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  - Mr. Hu Fan, Deputy Director-General, Computer Center, NBS

●General Presentation PARIS21: 2004-2006 Programme

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  - PARIS 21: Mr. Gilles Rambaud-Chanoz

Session VI. Data Quality and Dissemination

Chair: Mrs. Carol Carson, Director, Statistics Department, IMF

●The General Data Dissemination System (GDDS) as a Framework for Improving Data Quality and Dissemination

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  - Ms. Wipada Soonthornsima, Chief, GDDS Unit, Statistics Department, IMF

  - Mr. Yuriy Shokamanov, First Deputy Chairman, Agency of Statistics of Kazakhstan

●Participation of Vietnam in the General Data Dissemination System

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  - Mr. Le Manh Hung, Director-General, General Statistics Office of Vietnam

●Gear to Needs of Market Economy Regulate Statistics Information Release

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  - Mr. Zheng Jingping, Director-General, Department of Comprehensive Statistics, NBS

●User Requirements of Industry and Traffic Statistics Reform

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  - Mr. Geng Qin, Deputy Director-General, Department of Industrial and Transport Statistics, NBS

Session VII. China's Statistics: Challenges and Reforms

Chair: Mr. Gordon J. Brackstone, Assistant Chief Statistician, Statistics Canada

●Statistical Reform of China: Goals, Priorities and Measures

  - Mr. Li Deshui, Commissioner, NBS

●China's Statistics: Users’ Perspectives

 - Mr. Wang Tongsan, Research Fellow, Chinese Academy of Social

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 ●Observations on Chinese Statistics: An User Perspective

  - Mr. Deepak Bhattasali, Lead Economist, World Bank Office in Beijing

Session VIII. Future of Reforms in China’s Statistics

Chair: Mr. Günter Kopsch, Head of Department, Federal Statistical Office of Germany

●Summing Up of the International Symposium on Reforms, Achievements, and Challenges: China and Its Partners in Statistical Cooperation

  - Mrs. Carol Carson, Director, Statistics Department, IMF