Federal Statistical Office of Germany SESSION IV Adapting

Federal Statistical Office of Germany SESSION IV Adapting International Standards and Best Practices The German-Chinese Project on Reorganization of Industrial- and Transport Statistics Beijing, May 12, 2004 © Federal Statistical Office of Germany 1

Federal Statistical Office of Germany Reorganization of Industrial- and transport statistics initiator Ministry of Commerce of the P. R. of China Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development German Technical Cooperation Agency (GTZ) © Federal Statistical Office of Germany 2

Federal Statistical Office of Germany Reorganization of Industrial- and transport statistics project PARTNER National Bureau of Statistics of China Federal Statistical Office of Germany © Federal Statistical Office of Germany 3

Federal Statistical Office of Germany Reorganization of Industrial- and transport statistics Initial Situation Economic reforms and economic opening required timely n reliable n internationally comparable n statistical information to be available. © Federal Statistical Office of Germany 4

Federal Statistical Office of Germany Reorganization of Industrial- and transport statistics Instruments n International classifications of activities and goods n Building a business register n Transition from full-coverage to sample surveys © Federal Statistical Office of Germany 5

Federal Statistical Office of Germany Reorganization of Industrial statistics METHODS n Introduction of short-term business indicators n Improvements to the System of National Accounts Reorganization of transport statistics METHODS n Automatic and manual road traffic counts © Federal Statistical Office of Germany 6

Federal Statistical Office of Germany Reorganization of Industrial- and transport statistics Activities n 48 consulting and training activities with more than 500 participants n Translation of technical publications n Regular assessment of project activities n Project documentation © Federal Statistical Office of Germany 7

Federal Statistical Office of Germany INSTRUMENTS Classifications of activities and goods Purpose Systematic description and analysis of statistical information n Basis for international comparability of data n Objective n Classifications of economic activities and goods are compatible with international standards © Federal Statistical Office of Germany 8

Federal Statistical Office of Germany INSTRUMENTS Classifications of activities and goods Results I S I C C P C n Development of ISIC-based tables of correspondence n Use of the tables of correspondence for surveys n Publication of data based on the tables of correspondence n Development of a Chinese goods classification based on CPC © Federal Statistical Office of Germany 9

Federal Statistical Office of Germany INSTRUMENTS BUILDING A BUSINESS (ENTERPRISE) REGISTER Purpose n n Frame for sample surveys Grouping businesses according to different ENTERPRISE REGISTER criteria Objective n Installation of a business (enterprise) register and its regular updating © Federal Statistical Office of Germany 10

Federal Statistical Office of Germany INSTRUMENTS BUILDING A BUSINESS (ENTERPRISE) REGISTER Results n Building up business registers using the census of 1995 as a basis n Installation of two central register databases 165, 000 large and 5, 000 very large businesses © Federal Statistical Office of Germany 11

Federal Statistical Office of Germany INSTRUMENTS SAMPLE SURVEYS Purpose n Timely and conclusive statistical results n Low cost of collection and processing n Small burden on respondents Objective n Sample surveys on production, sales (turnover) and employment are conducted in the whole country in monthly intervals © Federal Statistical Office of Germany 12

Federal Statistical Office of Germany INSTRUMENTS SAMPLE SURVEYS Results n Monthly data on production, sales and employment of small businesses with a gross output of less than 5 million Yuans RMB n Application in the whole country n Sampling with regard to ad hoc questions n Elaboration of a manual © Federal Statistical Office of Germany 13

Federal Statistical Office of Germany METHODS SHORT-TERM BUSINESS Indices Purpose n Short-term observation of business trends n Quarterly estimation of GDP Prerequisite: transition from quantity-based indices to pricebased indices Objective n Monthly calculation of production and sales indices © Federal Statistical Office of Germany 14

Federal Statistical Office of Germany METHODS SHORT-TERM BUSINESS INDICe. S Results Monthly computation of: n Production and sales index n Producer price index n Index of incoming orders In addition, at a request of the Chinese party n Stock inventory index © Federal Statistical Office of Germany 15

Federal Statistical Office of Germany METHODS SYSTEM OF NATIONAL ACCOUNTS Purpose n International comparability of a country’s economic performance Objective n Transition from the Material Product System (MPS) to the System of National Accounts (SNA) © Federal Statistical Office of Germany 16

Federal Statistical Office of Germany METHODS SYSTEM OF NATIONAL ACCOUNTS Results Contributions of project components to GDP calculation according to SNA: n Introduction of value added concepts n Introduction of short term statistics n Introduction of seasonal adjustment methods © Federal Statistical Office of Germany 17

Federal Statistical Office of Germany METHODS ROAD TRAFFIC COUNTS Purpose n Measurement of traffic volume for road planning n Measurement of the environmental impact of road traffic n Calculation of road accident rates Objective n Providing statistical support for road planning © Federal Statistical Office of Germany 18

Federal Statistical Office of Germany METHODS Road TRAFFIC COUNTS Results n Acquaintance with German methods n Practical implementation of these methods © Federal Statistical Office of Germany 19

Federal Statistical Office of Germany PROJECT EVALUATION Improvement of statistical information in terms of timeliness reliability international comparability In the fields of industry and transport © Federal Statistical Office of Germany 20

Federal Statistical Office of Germany The project has strengthened German-Chinese partnership in statistics! Federal Statistical Office of Germany © Federal Statistical Office of Germany 21