Evaluation Meeting on Sino-Germany Cooperation Project of International Statistics Held in Beijing

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On morning April 18, the visiting Destatis (i.e., Federal Statistical Office Germany) Delegation on Sino-Germany Project had conducted a work meeting with staff of International Statistical Information Center (ISIC) of NBS. Both sides evaluated the Sino-Germany Cooperation Project of International Statistics. The Project principal, Mr. Du Weiquan, Counsel of Department of International Cooperation (DIC) of NBS, chaired the meeting. Staff from ISIC and DIC participated in the meeting together with the members of Destatis Delegation.

Ms. Yang Jingying, Deputy Director-General of ISIC, presented the summarized evaluation report on behalf of the project group of NBS. She reported the contents, main achievements and general evaluation of the Project as well as her suggestions on the further bilateral cooperation. The project has been conducted smoothly with the supports of Project principal of both sides and the efforts of international statistician and other experts of both sides, she pointed out. The planned tasks were fulfilled, the designed target was reached, and fruitful harvest was achieved. And the Project improved the international statistical work of both sides.

After the report and demonstration of NBS, Ms. Claudia Agnes Brunner, Mr. Wolfgang Michael Schulze and Mr. Günter Karl Moser evaluated the Project. They agreed to the report of their Chinese counterpart. Both sides cooperated very well and the project itself was very remarkable, they said. And the fruits achieved were very impressive, especially in compiling “International Statistics Yearbook”, establishing database and disseminating international statistical data. The project improved the statistical work of China as well as that of Germany. Each of us benefited so much from the cooperation, they emphasized.

Mr. Du Weiquan gave a fully positive remark on the Project, expressed his thanks for the efforts of both sides and congratulated on the successful cooperation in his conclusive remarks. He hoped the Sino-Germany cooperation could be improved further in a wider field.

From April 20 to 22, all the three members of the Delegation made a visit to Shaanxi Province. Mr. Zhang Xiaoguang, the Chief Statistician of Shaanxi Provincial Bureau of Statistics introduced to the members the brief of Provincial Bureau and the outline of social and economic development of Shaanxi Province.