User Requirements of Industry and Traffic Statistics Reform
Mr. Geng Qin
Deputy Director-General
Department of Industrial and Transport Statistics
National Bureau of Statistics of China
1 Objective and corresponding activities of the project
1.1 Objective
Establish a statistical system that aims to communicate with users and provide services to users based on their requirements.
1.2 Activities
1.2.1 July 1998, a 2-week seminar of user requirements was held in Munich Germany.
1.2.2 November 2001, two German specialists visited China to investigate Chinese user requirements. They visited corresponding users, and held forum of user requirements with governmental institutions, economic research institutes, and the journalists.
1.2.3 April 2002, the second seminar of user requirements was held in Suzhou China, in which 6 German specialists introduced how to utilize modern info technology to release and spread statistical data, and provide services to users.
2 The design philosophy of the user-oriented governmental statistical reform
2.1 Users of statistical data
2.1.1 Users of governmental statistics in the old economic system
National decision-making departments
National economic management institutions
Economic research institutes
Small amount of trades societies, private associations and news agencies.
2.1.2 Users of governmental statistics in the market economic system
National decision-making departments
National economic management institutions
Economic research institutes
Large amount of trades societies (there are nearly 300 trades societies in industry and traffic fields)
Financial institutions like banks, insurance and securities companies
Information service, investment, market research, and credit rating companies
Industry and traffic enterprises
Foreign financial and consultation institutions, large multinationals and Chinese branches of foreign corporations
As the amount of corresponding institutions that concern and research economy increases along with the developing market economy in China, the requirements to statistical data have increased continuously. In addition to provide services to each level of the government, the governmental statistical departments will face a more difficult task to provide services to the large amount of social users. There are two major difficulties in it: one is the ever-increasing amount of social users, the other is that the current statistical data set can no longer meet the requirements of new users.
2.2 The reform plan of industry and traffic statistics according to the user requirements
2.2.1 Facing the ever-changing market economy, the contents of statistics has been adjusted in time, by gradually reduce the traditional statistical indicators and add new statistical indicators that can be used in macroeconomic management of the market economic system. The main contents of the reform plan are:
Reform the calculation method of monthly industrial growth speed, using production index method or price deflation method to replace fixed price method.
Reform the traditional statistical system that focused on real products but overlooked values. Establish and consummate continuously the statistical system of industry and traffic values to provide services to SNA. For example, the income survey of industry and traffic, the industrial enterprises cost structure survey, and the capital flow survey have been established.
Carry out small sized industrial spot checks in national scale, which can provide statistical data to economic management institutions, helping them to regulate the macroeconomic situation.
Carry out highway traffic volume survey to provide statistical data to road planning departments.
Improve the statistical method of industrial products prices, using price deflation method to solve the comparability problem of price index to meet the requirement of SNA.
Establish a direct report system of 5000 large industrial enterprises with modern communication technology to provide prosperity monitoring system for macroeconomic management.
2.2.2 Facing the ever-increasing users, the dada collection methods and processing methods are improved to meet their requirements. The main contents are:
Establish a category of industry and traffic enterprises that will be updated periodically to support spot checks and user queries.
Improve data transmission and processing, the data of 160,000 industrial enterprises can be processed directly, and provide sectional or regional dada to social users.
2.2.3 Improve the standard industrial classification with reference to that of EU and UN, making it more comparable with international standards.
2.2.4 Develop existing enterprise data, publish statistical magazines periodically and compile statistical reports to meet the requirements of private users and news agencies.
2.2.5 Employ part-time consultation personnel to answer the questions concerning the statistical data from users.
2.2.6 Undertake statistical tasks commissioned by special users to meet their special data requirements.
2.2.7 Establish a communication system with users in a periodic basis to hear the opinions about the statistical reform and statistical data from users.
3 Statistical data towards different users
3.1 Classification of industry and traffic statistical data
3.1.1 Production data
Industrial production output
Gross value of industrial output
Traffic volume
3.1.2 Financial data
Sales and business income
Main cost structure
Profitability
3.1.3 Labor force data
Employment situation
Labor force formation
Labor productivity
3.1.4 Investment data
Investment scale
Investment items
Investment capial
3.1.5 Equipment condition data
Owned traffic equipment
Main industrial products capacity level
3.1.6 Operating benefit data
Traffic operating benefit data
Industrial operating benefit data
3.1.7 Product prices data
Factory price of main industrial products
Purchase price of main raw material
3.1.8 Science and technology data
New products development
Patented products
R&D investment
Benefits of R&D investment
3.1.9 Industrial product import and export data
Import and export amount of industrial products
Import and export value of industrial products
Country list of industrial products import and export
3.1.10 Category of enterprises
3.1.11 Special analysis data
3.2 The data requirements of main users
3.2.1 Monthly and annual macroeconomic data
Main users: government and Party leaders, economic research institutions, and news agencies.
3.2.2 Annual and monthly sectional data
Main users: trades societies, financial institutions, large enterprises, and investment consultation companies.
4 The issuance of statistical data
4.1 Main publications of industrial and traffic statistics and their service ranges
4.1.1 Production Statistics of Industry and Traffic Monthly
Published on 9th ¨C 12th after each month. Freely distributed to governmental departments, corresponding economic management institutions, and new agencies.
4.1.2 Economic Benefits of Industrial Sections Monthly
Published on 30th after each month. Research institutions, trades societies, financial institutions, consultation companies, and large enterprises can subscribe it with cost price.
4.1.3 Prices of Main Industrial Products Monthly
Published on 30th after each month, Subscribed with cost price.
4.1.4 Annual Report of Industrial Statistics
Published in late August after each year. Freely distributed to governmental departments and corresponding economic management institutions.
4.1.5 Annual Report of Traffic Statistics
Published in late July after each year. Freely distributed to governmental departments and corresponding economic management institutions.
4.1.6 Year Book of Industrial Statistics
Published in October after each year. Distribution to the public.
4.1.7 Year Book of Communication
Published in September after each year. Distribution to the public.
4.1.8 Year Book of Energy Statistics
Published in October after each year. Distribution to the public.
4.2 The propagation mode of statistical data
4.2.1 Media
Brief monthly statistical data will be issued as press release through media such as television or newspaper 10 days after each month.
4.2.2 Magnetic medium
The more detailed statistical data will be provided through diskette or CD-ROM to corresponding economic management or research institutions.
4.2.3 Web
Statistical data will also be issued through (internal) statistical website established by the Industry and Traffic Statistics Department and 5000 interconnected direct information release websites to the public.
5 Main problems to meet the requirements of users
5.1 The existing statistical contents cannot satisfy the ever-increasing amount of users and their various needs.
5.2 The setup of a dividing line between free statistical data and chargeable statistical data services.
5.3 The secrecy issue of statistical data.
5.4 The fairness and authoritativeness of statistical data.
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