Firmly Safeguarding Data Quality and Advancing All Work in an Orderly Manner - A Discussion on the Progress of the Fifth National Economic Census by Relevant Officials of the National Bureau of Statistics

Beijing, September 11th (Xinhua News Agency) Question: Firmly Defend Data Quality and Promote All Work in an Orderly Manner - Relevant Officials from the National Bureau of Statistics on the Progress of the Fifth National Economic Census

Xinhua News Agency reporter Wei Yukun

The Fifth National Economic Census is a major national survey conducted at a critical moment when China is embarking on a new journey of comprehensively building a socialist modernized country and advancing towards the second centenary goal. Currently, the fifth national economic census has initiated unit inventory work.

What changes have occurred in this census compared to previous censuses? What is unit inventory? How is the specific progress of the unit's inventory work On the 11th, the reporter sorted out the hot topics of social concern and interviewed relevant officials from the National Bureau of Statistics.

The standard time for the census is December 31, 2023

The relevant person in charge of the National Bureau of Statistics stated that the economic census is a major national survey of national conditions and strength, consisting of three cyclical national census projects: population census and agricultural census.

The history of China's economic census can be traced back to the national industrial and mining enterprise census in 1950. The economic census is conducted every 5 years, with the standard time point being December 31st of the census year. The data during the census period is the annual data of the census year. At present, China has conducted four national economic censuses in 2004, 2008, 2013, and 2018, respectively.

The standard time for the fifth national economic census is December 31, 2023, and the data for the census period is for the year 2023. This census will be the first to comprehensively carry out input-output surveys. The input-output survey is a large-scale survey conducted by organizations to systematically reflect the economic connections between industries in the national economy.

Unit inventory is an important foundational work

Unit inventory is an essential foundational work to ensure the smooth implementation of census registration.

The purpose of unit inventory is to understand the basic situation and distribution of various legal entities, industrial activity units, and individual businesses engaged in the second and third industries engaged in economic and social activities within China, accurately define the objects and categories of the fifth national economic census, clarify the registration responsibilities of local census institutions and relevant departments, and ensure accurate definition of census object types and registration of census units without duplication or omission.

The relevant person in charge of the National Bureau of Statistics introduced the specific progress of unit inventory work:

The organization has completed the division of census areas and the collection of building information, as well as the selection of census officers and census instructors during the inventory stage. As of now, approximately 2.1 million census officers have been selected nationwide. Coordinate to obtain the directory information of relevant departments and units, and organize and form a unit inventory book.

The nationwide "carpet style" unit inventory has been fully launched, and various regions are currently working hard to promote inventory registration, timely reporting and reviewing inventory data. Subsequent work will also be carried out to investigate and fill in any doubts, conduct data inspection and acceptance.

Firmly guarding the lifeline of data quality

The relevant person in charge of the National Bureau of Statistics stated that the fifth national economic census will adhere to the principle of data quality first, and the fundamental requirement of "firmly guarding the lifeline of data quality" will be integrated into all aspects and processes of the census work.

Grasp the quality of source data. Adopting a combination of household collection, self reporting, and departmental reporting to obtain census data, reducing human interference in the data collection process. Strengthen the management and training of census personnel, improve their professional skills and investigation level, and consolidate the quality of census work.

Strict data review and inspection. Strengthen the function of the census data processing system, conduct online collection and review of census data, and comprehensively use big data tools and various analysis methods for verification and evaluation. Unify the organization of post quality spot checks, select a certain proportion of survey objects for data inspection, and accept public supervision.

Serious investigation of laws and regulations. Strictly enforce the discipline of census work, implement census responsibilities, and include the progress of relevant departments and local census work in statistical supervision. Implement a mechanism for tracing and holding accountable the quality of census data, and strictly investigate and punish violations of discipline and law during the census.