BRIEF
INTRODUCTION
I. This chapter
covers the summary data on the national economy and data on the social and
economic development of the minority national autonomous areas.
II. In the
summary data on the national economy, the data on “the number of grassroots
units in various sectors” are extracted from the concerned data in other
chapters in this yearbook with the exception that the number of geological
survey and prospecting teams is provided by the Ministry of Land and Resources;
the number of transport grassroots
units are provided by the Ministry of Railways, Ministry of Communication and
the Civil Aviation Administration of China.
III. Data on the minority nationality
autonomous areas and the minority nationalities are composed of two parts:
(1) The data
collected from the surveys mainly on the areas. A statistical reporting scheme
on the economic and social development in the minority nationality autonomous
areas has been assigned jointly by the State Ethnic Affairs Commission and the
National Bureau of Statistics and implemented by the ethnic affairs commissions
and the statistical bureaus of 20 provinces and autonomous regions. The
statistical coverage includes all the units under the jurisdiction of the
minority nationality autonomous regions, autonomous prefectures and autonomous
counties. There is no duplicated computation in the national tabulation. In
addition, the data on the public health of the minority nationality autonomous
areas are provided by the Ministry of Public Health. The data on the divisions
of administrative areas of the minority nationality autonomous areas are
tabulated and prepared in accordance with the “Annual Concise Edition of the Divisions of Administrative Areas”
edited by the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
(2) The data collected from the surveys
mainly on the minority nationalities. They chiefly show the social development
of the minority nationalities. Among them, the data on the students and
teaching staff of the minority nationalities are provided by the Ministry of Education;
the data on the excellent athletes and coaches are provided by the State Sports
Administration; and the data on the publications of the minority nationality
languages are provided by the Press and Publication Administration.
IV. In 1992, the National Bureau of Statistics
(then State Statistical Bureau) and the State Administration for Industry and
Commerce jointly formulated Interim
Regulation of the Classification of Economic Ownership, which played an
positive role in reflecting the ownership structure and its change in China.
However, this classification was no long appropriate to the economic situation
of China. In order to give a full reflection of the current economic structure
where the public ownership retains the dominant position while developing
diversified forms of ownership in the light of the spirit of the 15th National Congress of the Chinese
Communist Party, and to better depict the progress of the adjustment and
improvement of the ownership structure, the National Bureau of Statistics and
the State Industry and Commerce Administration jointly developed in 1998 the Regulation on the Classification of the
Registration Status of Enterprises, which has put into effect and used in
compiling the annual statistics since 1998.