National Bureau of Statistics of China

Responsibilities

The bureau's authority and responsibilities are defined in Statistics Law of the People's Republic of China. It is responsible for the research of the nation's overall statistics and oversees the operations of its local counterparts.

Organizations

The bureau is overseen by a commissioner, several deputy commissioners (currently four), a chief methodologist, a chief economist, and a chief information officer. It is composed of 18 departments, oversees 12 affiliated institutions, and manages 32 survey organizations stationed in respective provinces. It also operates China Statistics Press (), which was founded in 1955.

The national bureau has 535 employees as authorized by the State Council.

Commissioner

• Xue Muqiao (August 1952 – November 1958)
• Jia Qiyun (November 1958 – June 1961)
• Wang Sihua (June 1961 – December 1969)
• Chen Xian (September 1974 – October 1981)
• Li Chengrui (October 1981 – May 1984)
• Zhang Sai (May 1984 – February 1997)
• Liu Hong (February 1997 – June 2000)
• Zhu Zhixin (June 2000 – March 2003)
• Li Deshui (March 2003 – March 2006)
• Qiu Xiaohua (March 2006 – October 2006)
• Xie Fuzhan (October 2006 – September 2008)
• Ma Jiantang (September 2008 – April 2015)
• Wang Bao'an (April 2015 – January 2016)
• Ning Jizhe (February 2016 – March 2022)
• Kang Yi (March 2022 – present)

Access

Its Statistical Communiqué on the National Economic and Social Development and the China Statistical Yearbook are the bureau's most notable publications. It also runs and publishes the national census of economy, population and agriculture.

Internet

National Data (National Statistical Data Repository) is operated by the bureau, which has both Chinese and English interfaces. All publishable statistical results are released by the bureau on this website, including data on monthly, quarterly, and annual price indices and industrial statistics, etc.

In December 2018, the agency began to release detailed datasets to authorized researchers and universities using an application-based system for researchers residing in China. This includes datasets from the 3rd economic census, 6th population census, 3rd agricultural census, sampled 1% population survey of 2015, residents income survey, and financials survey on industrial enterprises above a designated size.

Archive

The bureau also operates an archive filled with almanacs ever published by the bureau since 1982, some of the files are not digitalized, hence only accessible through the archive. Citizens can access the archive with their national identification card.

References

References

1. "Statistics Law of the People's Republic of China".
2. "Organizational Chart".
3. "Statistical Communique".
4. "National Data".
5. "国家统计局向科研机构开放六大类微观数据-新华网".