The National Bureau of Statistics (), abbreviated as NBS, is an deputy-cabinet level agency directly under the State Council of the People's Republic of China. It is responsible for collection, investigation, research and publication of statistics concerning the nation's economy, population and other aspects of the society.

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is the commissioner of the bureau since 2016.

Responsibilities

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

Organizations

The bureau is led by a commissioner, with 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. The national bureau has 535 employees as authorized by the State Council.

Commissioner

The current commissioner is

, who assumed office in February 2016. *

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(August 1952 – November 1958) * Jia Qiyun (November 1958 – June 1961) * Wang Sihua (June 1961 – December 1969) * Chen Xian (September 1974 – October 1981) *

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(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) *

(February 2016 – 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 have both Chinese and English interfaces. All publishable statistical results by the bureau are released on this website, includes monthly, quarterly, and annual data of price indices, industrial data etc. Since December 2018, the agency began to release detailed dataset to authorized researchers and universities, which uses an application-based system for researchers resides within China. This includes dataset 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 designated size''.

References

External links

* (''English'') * (''Chinese'')
National Data
open national data repository of China.
The Status Quo And Issues Of R&D Statistics In China
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