China is to publish its first white paper on statistics so as to
make the public savvy?the nation's statistic work.
"Due to lack of communications, the public know little about the
basic process and work flow of China's statistical work," said Li
Deshui, director of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)
Monday.
"This has even caused suspicion on accuracy of China's
statistical data from home and aboard," he said at a national work
conference on statistics.
The white paper will elaborate the development process, basic
method, current situation, problems and future reform ideas of the
country's statistical work, he said, adding that he hopes the white
paper could answer most of the questions.
"We consider the criticism from home and abroad an impetus to
speed up our statistical reform," said Li while stressing that it
also indicated that China's statistical work has attracted more
attention worldwide owing to China' s rapid economic
development.
He said that NBS has enjoyed good cooperation with their
counterparts in Canada and Germany as well as with the
International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. He vowed to learn
more from international experience so as to enable China keep
abreast with international practice of statistics.
(Xinhua News Agency December 20, 2004)