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The Progress of NBS Data
Dissemination to the OECD
Jiemin GUO, OECD
13th OECD-NBS Workshop on National Accounts
November 30-December 4, 2009
Haikou, China
Outline
• The OECD Statistics
• The OECD National Accounts data
dissemination program
• The NBS data dissemination to OECD
• The data
• Summery and look forward
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
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
NBS data dissemination program to
OECD
• Integrating China’s national accounts data to
the OECD database (as other 4 EE countries)
• ANA, MEI, Factbook
• Improving comparability of China’s 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
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
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
Summery and Look forward
• Incorporating of China’s 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
• Thanks!