The ''China Statistical Yearbook'' (

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: 中國統計年鑑;

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: 中国统计年鉴), also translated into English as ''China Statistical Annual'', is a large-scale

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of statistical

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comprehensively reflecting the

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and social development of the

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. It covers the statistics of China and all

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s, autonomous regions and

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directly under the Central Government for the previous year, and selects the main indicators for several years and recent years. it has been published annually since 1982 by

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. The ''China Statistical Yearbook'' is the most complete and systematic data yearbook published for the first time since the founding of

PRC China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

. The Yearbook is published in both Chinese and

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for distribution in China and abroad. And its first issue was published in August 1982 by China Statistics Press.

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