Brief Introduction

 

Main Contents and Sources of Data

Data in this chapter show statistics on participation in social activities, public security, procuratorial, legal and judicial affairs, labor protection, women’s Federation cardres and so on.

I. Data on participation in social activities cover mainly information on representatives to the National People’s Congress (NPC), members of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and National trade unions. Data on number of NPC and CPPCC representatives are provided by NPC and CPPCC respectively. Data on expiration of office terms of NPC and CPPCC are updated every five years. Data on National trade unions are from All-China Federation of Trade Unions based on statistical reporting form scheme.

Data on trade unions refer to “Statistical Yearbook on Chinese Trade Unions” (All-China Federation of Trade Unions).

II. Data on women cadres include the age, education, politics status and mobility of women cadres, which are provided by the All-China Women Federation.

IIIData on public security, procuratorial, legal and judicial affairs cover information such as criminal cases registered and offense cases handled by the public security agencies, traffic or fire accidents, cases handled by procuratorates offices, cases accepted and settled by the peoples courts, and statistics on lawyers, notarization and mediation. Data are from the Ministry of Public Security, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate, the Supreme People’s Court and the Ministry of Justice based on statistical reporting form scheme.

IV. Data on labour and social security mainly include revenue and expenses of social insurance fund, urban employee basic pension insurance, urban basic medical care insurance, unemployment insurance, work injury insurance, maternity insurance, etc. Data are from the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security. Please refer to China Labour Statistical Yearbook” (National Bureau Statistics, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security) for detail information.