The Progress of NBS Data Dissemination to the OECD Jiemin GUO, OECD

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The Progress of NBS Data Dissemination to the
OECDJiemin GUO, OECD

• 13th OECD-NBS Workshop on National Accounts
• November 30-December 4, 2009Haikou, China

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Outline

• The OECD Statistics
• The OECD National Accounts data dissemination
  program
• The NBS data dissemination to OECD
• The data
• Summery and look forward

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OECD Statistics

• International comparability of data
  (harmonisation, metadata, etc.)
• Development of international statistical
  standards (SNA, etc)
• Development of innovative and unique data sets
• Dissemination of high-quality data to the world

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The OECD NA data dissemination Program

• Annual National Accounts (ANA) and Quarterly
  National Accounts (QNA) data collection for OECD
  member countries, MEI, and OECD Factbook
• Standard questionnaires and other methods
• 30 Member countries
• Non-member countries
• Five accession countries
• Five enhanced engagement countries

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NBS data dissemination program to OECD

• Integrating Chinas national accounts data to the
  OECD database (as other 4 EE countries)
• ANA, MEI, Factbook
• Improving comparability of Chinas national
  accounts data with OECD member countries
• Indication of progress of OECD-NBS cooperation on
  statistics
• Establishing a single point for NA data
  transmission to the OECD

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NBS NA data dissemination to OECD 2009

• First time the national accounts data being
  transmitted from NBS to the OECD using OECD NA
  questionnaires
• Both Annual and quarterly data
• Data being examined and processed, but not yet
  included in the OECD database

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The data

• Availability
• Less than 10 of the total information required
  from the OECD questionnaire
• Expect gradual increase and wider coverage
• Comparability
• Classification, valuation (producers prices vs.
  basic prices)
• Volume and time series
• Methodology
• FISIM
• QNA

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Summery and Look forward

• Incorporating of Chinas National Accounts data
  into the OECD NA database is a major step of the
  OECD-NBS cooperation
• Data dissemination progress will be a regular
  part in the future workshops
• More regular exchanges for improving
  communications and coordinated collaborations

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• Thanks!