Scope and method of pilot
survey in China
Yang kuan kuan
Deputy director-general of office on Leading group of the Second
National Economic Census under State Council
Director-general Of Census Center of NBS
July 8, 2009
Seoul
Main purpose of pilot survey
.To check the feasibility on the project of the
2nd National Economic Census
To perfect the project of the 2nd National
Economic Census
To attempt to use some advanced IT
technology in the pilot survey
To gain some experience for the census
To make the following census more
scientific and practical
Time and area of pilot survey
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Time of pilot survey: April to June of 2008
The reference time is December 31st of
2007 for the pilot survey
Area of pilot survey: one district or county of
Ji lin, Zhenjiang, Anhui, Fujian and Hubei.
Each province is of specific characteristics
to stand for some areas.
• Ji lin province choose one district to check the
possibility of clarifying the business list
• Zhe jiang province choose one city to conduct
the overall project of the survey
• An hui province choose one county to test the
possibility of consumption of water and energy
• Fujian and Hu bei choose one district to conduct
the digital mapping of advanced IT technology.
Respondents, Coverage of
Pilot survey
* Respondents in the national economic
census include corporate units,
establishments and self-employed
enterprises of the second and tertiary
industries in those pilot areas.
*The census scope covers 19 national
economic sectors except agriculture,
which are classified into 90 major groups,
378 groups and 875 small groups.
The trades and industries covered by
economic census include:
• (1) the mining industry;
• (2) the manufacturing industry;
• (3) the industries of production and supply of electricity, gas
and water;
• (4) the construction industry;
• (5) the transport industry, storage industry and postal service
trade;
• (6) the industries of information transmission, computer
service and software;
• (7) the wholesale and retail trades;
• (8) the accommodation and catering trades;
The trades and industries covered by economic census include:
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(9) the monetary industry;
(10) the real estate trade;
(11) the leasing industry and commercial service trade;
(12) the scientific research, technological service and geological
prospecting industries;
(13) the industries of water conservancy, environment and public
facilities management;
(14) the residents’ service and other services industries;
(15) education;
(16) the undertakings of public health, social security and social
welfare;
(17) the industries of culture, sports and recreation;
(18) public administration and organizations.
(19) International organization.
Methods used in pilot survey
• The method of complete enumeration was
used in the pilot survey. respondents was
surveyed one by one by the enumerators
according to the mapping.
• The same method was used for checking
self-employed enterprises list .
• All respondents except the construction (in
registered area) industry were enumerated in
operating area.
Contents in the pilot survey
*basic characteristics of units,
• number and composition of employees
• assets and other financial situations
• business situations
• product output
• main raw materials
• Water and energy consumption (added)
• technical activities
• Use of Information technology (added)..
Statistical standards used in the
pilot survey
• 15 statistical classification standards and
catalogues were applied in the pilot survey so as
to ensure the unification and comparability.
• The Classification of National economic Sectors
and Their Codes worked out by the National
Bureau of Statistics of China is basically
consistent with the International Standard
Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities
edited by U.N. Statistics Division (revised in 1989,
the third version, for short: ISIC/Rev. 3).
Questionnaire of pilot survey
• 3 kinds of questionnaire for grassroots
A. Universal questionnaire for basic units, enterprise and
non-enterprise.
B. Questionnaire for current annual statistical report
(including industrial enterprise above designated size,
enterprises above designated size of wholesale and
retail trades by sector and etc.)
C. Questionnaire for different departments (Include
questionnaire of transport, storage and postal service,
questionnaire of finance and etc.
Because the departments organize their own survey under
office on Leading group of the Second National
Economic Census under State Council ,so the pilot
survey doesn’t include this part.
Integrated Questionnaire of pilot
survey (total 64)
• for business list(5)
• for basic units(5)
• for Water and energy consumption in addition to
Information technology (1)
• for enterprise, institutions and social society(3)
• for industrial enterprise(12)
• for construction (6)
• for real estate trade(5)
• for the wholesale and retail trades(16)
• For the accommodation and catering trades(10)
procedure of pilot survey
6 stages of pilot survey
1.Design stage for forming unified project
2.Training stage
3.Stage of checking business list and distinguishing
the proper questionnaire for each unit
4. Stage of registering, enumeration and auditing
5.Stage of integrating the data into the unified
procedure
6.Stage of processing and dissemination.
Principles of organization
• To be organized and conducted in
accordance with the principles of unified
national leadership, division of work as well
as cooperation among different
departments, level-by-level responsibilities
by local authorities and participation by all
parties concerned
New attempt on GIS in pilot survey
To make full use of digital mapping in bei jing and shanxi in pilot survey
To use digital mapping instead of manual mapping in some district of
other 11 provinces.
To make full use of digital map to divide into different enumeration district
and print out the map
To develop Geographic Information System based on digital
Census mapping by NBS and Cooperative Corporation in future
Traditional paper mapping
of enumeration district
Made by hand
Difficult to guarantee accuracy of the division
•Take too time to prepare for
Digital mapping of enumeration district
To maintain the digital mapping easily
To reduce the cost of manual mapping
Mapping of enumeration district
& Management software
Mapping of enumeration district
& Management software
National Social economic Statistical Digital map
The 2nd national economic GIS in beijing
Procedure of digital mapping
• To set up enumeration district based on
digital mapping
• To make full use of the software to print out
the base map of enumeration district
• Enumerator protract the enumeration district
on the printed base map
• To input the paper map with data into the
computer and report to the upper agency.
Census(普查) and survey(调查)
• Census means fullness and completeness of
respondent and area while survey means choosing
part respondent in some area.
• Annual survey includes Large-sized, medium-sized
and small sized enterprises. Large sized
enterprises are reported monthly, medium-sized
enterprises are reported quarterly while small-sized
enterprises are through sample survey to get the
data in annual report.
• Census covers all kinds of enterprises and other
non enterprises with more detailed and exact data.
For self-employed enterprises, We only get the
number of business and employment and type of
economic activity.
problems
• Difficult to get the true data of small business
(high rate of response but low data quality)
• Rapid change and complexity of economic
activity
• Different areas have different problems (for
example, Minor-nationality areas face up more
challenge because of the language and local
customs.
• There lies some difference in annual survey and
census owing to different purpose……….
Solution
• To strengthen the promotion the census
• To strengthen the training of
enumerators(3 million) and related staff(10
million )
• To Promise to keep the business secret
• To conduct the post-census data quality
check.
• To follow the strict project after the pilot
survey.
Thanks!