Brief Introduction

Main Content and Source of Data

I. This chapter consists of two parts: summary data on the national economy and social development and data on the social and economic development of the minority national autonomous areas, which are compiled by the Department of Comprehensive Statistics of the National Bureau of Statistics and by Department of Economic Development of the State Commission on Ethnic Affairs respectively.

II. The summary data on the national economy highlight the overall situation of the economic and social development by presenting key statistics including growth, structure, ratio and efficiency data derived from other chapters.

III. Data on the minority nationality autonomous areas and the minority nationalities are composed of two parts:

(1) Data collected from the surveys conducted by areas. A statistical reporting system on the economic and social development in the minority nationality autonomous areas has been assigned jointly by the State Commission on Ethnic Affairs and the National Bureau of Statistics and implemented by the ethnic affairs commissions and the statistical bureaus of 20 provinces and autonomous regions. The reporting system covers all units under the jurisdiction of the 5 minority nationality autonomous regions, 30 autonomous prefectures and 120 autonomous counties. Duplicated counts are excluded in the national tabulation. Method of data collection is complete investigation In addition, data on the public health of the minority nationality autonomous areas are provided by the Ministry of Public Health, and data on the divisions of administrative areas of the minority nationality autonomous areas are tabulated and prepared in accordance with the Concise Edition of the Divisions of Administrative Areas compiled by the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

(2) Data collected from the surveys mainly on the minority nationalities. They chiefly show the social development of the minority nationalities. Among them, data on the students and teaching staff of the minority nationalities are provided by the Ministry of Education; data on the excellent athletes and coaches are provided by the State Sports Administration; and data on the publications of the minority nationality languages are provided by the Press and Publication Administration.

IV. The Regulation on the Classification of the Registration Status of Enterprises, jointly developed by the National Bureau of Statistics and the State Industry and Commerce Administration, has been in use in compiling the annual statistics since 1998. The new Industrial Classification of the National Economy has been in use since 2003, added 4 new divisions, 3 new divisions, 28 major groups and 67 groups.