Country Statistical Information
China

Basic Country Information
Region	EAP	Population (in million)	sys error
Lending Category	IBRD	GNI per capita ($US)	sys error

2009 Statistical Capacity Indicator (on a scale of 0-100)
Indicator	China	All Countries**
Overall	54	65
Methodology	50	56
Source Data	40	63
Periodicity & Timeliness	73	77
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Statistical System Information
Legal/Strategic Framework	Statistical Law	Statistics Law of the Peoples Republic of China, enacted on December 8, 1983 and revised on May 15, 1996
	NSDS/Statistical Master Plan	-
	NSDS Status	Implementation
Statistical Practice	National accounts methodology	SNA93
	National accounts base year	2000
	Balance of payments manual in use	BPM5
	External debt reporting status	Preliminary
	Govt finance accounting concept	Budgetary
	CPI base year	Annual chain linking
	SDDS/GDDS subscription	GDDS
Data Collection	Population census(es) (since 1995)	2001 - Population Census - Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 2000 - Population and Housing Census 1996 - Sample Population Census - Hong Kong 1995 - Sample Population Census
	Vital registration system coverage	Incomplete
	Agricultural census(es) (since 1995)	1997 - First National Agricultural Census
	Household survey(s) (since 1995)	2004 - Global Youth Tobacco Survey 2003 - China Rural Household Survey 2003 - China Urban Household Survey 2003 - Global Youth Tobacco Survey 2002 - China Rural Household Survey 2002 - China Urban Household Survey 2002 - World Health Survey 2001 - China Rural Household Survey 2001 - China Urban Household Survey 2001 - People Security Survey 2000 - China Rural Household Survey 2000 - China Urban Household Survey 1999 - China Rural Household Survey 1999 - China Urban Household Survey 1999 - Enterprise Labour Flexibility Surveys 1998 - China Rural Household Survey 1998 - China Urban Household Survey 1997 - China Rural Household Survey 1997 - China Urban Household Survey 1996 - China Rural Household Survey 1996 - China Urban Household Survey 1995 - China Living Standards Survey 1995 - China Rural Household Survey 1995 - China Urban Household Survey
World Bank Statistical Projects	STATCAP	-
	IBRD/IDA (Non STATCAP)	-
	TFSCB	Design and Implementation of Services Sector Census 2003 Development of a Statistical Master Plan for China Improvement of China's Poverty Monitoring and Evaluation Methods and Indicator System
Statistical agencies/ publications	CSO	National Bureau of Statistics of China No. 75, Yuetan Nanjie, Sanlihe Xicheng District Beijing 100826 China Phone + 86 10-63266600 Fax +86 10-68580964 Email info@stats.gov.cn Web http://www.stats.gov.cn/english/index.htm
Statistical agencies/ publications	Statistical publications	Catalog and online publications are available at CSOs website
Relevant documents	PRSP	-
	CAS	2006
	DQAF/ROSC Report (IMF)	-
	Article IV Staff Report (IMF)	2006
	MDG report (UNDP)	2006
Other		Organizational chart of CSO is available from CSOs website.

** All countries include low- and middle-income IDA/IBRD countries with a population of over 1 million.