Building Statistical Systems for Big Cities: Significance, Contents, and Methods

The Significance, Contents and Methods of Building up Statistical Systems of Big Cities Speaker：Yan Jun on October 8, 2008 上海市统计局 SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL STATISTICS BUREAU

Level of civilization 0.63% per annum % 1.3% per annum 65 70 60 45 50 40 30 19 20 10 0 1990 2010 2050 Background Fast civilization 上海市统计局 SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL STATISTICS BUREAU

Yangtze River Delta weighted 20% GDP weight Pearl River Delta weighted 10% Bohai Bay weighted 10% Background City cluster 上海市统计局 SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL STATISTICS BUREAU

United leading Classified responsibilities Hard to satisfy The duality and regionalization of economic development bring different needs for local statistical info With the rapid development of cities, local governments’ requests for individualized statistical info are getting more and more stronger Significance Meet the development of cities 上海市统计局 SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL STATISTICS BUREAU

Diversity and complexity of the classification of cities City statistics still in research Requirement Views on the concept of city still not in general agreement The concept of big cities not the same for foreign countries and China Significance Meet the info requirement 上海市统计局 SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL STATISTICS BUREAU

Assure update and practicability of data Validity Veracity Assure the convenience and veracity of data collection Principles Assure characteristic of data in different regions and phrases Particularity Assure the complete and easy to share of data Synthesis Principles 上海市统计局 SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL STATISTICS BUREAU

City population growth stat City environment and ecology stat City social welfare stat Contents City culture development stat Technology and IP stat Service and rising industry stat People life and public opinion stat Contents 上海市统计局 SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL STATISTICS BUREAU

Mainly focusing on quantity and structure of population, such as gender, age and race etc. People health development index People aging index People knowledge structure index People employment ability index ··· Current stat status Additional contents Population statistics Contents population statistics 上海市统计局 SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL STATISTICS BUREAU

Great achievement on environment stat, professional stat for environment pollution and construction, relatively weak ecology stat Recurrent economic index Saving style economic index Environment protection grade index Ecology balance status index Propagation resources classification index Natural resource carrying capability index Current stat status ··· Additional contents environment and ecology statistics Contents environment and ecology statistics 上海市统计局 SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL STATISTICS BUREAU

City social welfare stat work broadly started, but not the same statistical system, and quality of stat still needs to be improved. City residents poverty status index Satisfaction of city welfare guarantee ··· Current stat status Additional contents social welfare statistics Contents social welfare statistics 上海市统计局 SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL STATISTICS BUREAU

Range of culture stat is not broad yet, mainly focused on some entity items, neglected stat for indirect output from cultural Originality industry stat Content industry stat Exhibition industry stat Media industry stat ··· Current stat status Additional contents culture development statistics Contents culture development statistics 上海市统计局 SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL STATISTICS BUREAU

The technology intellectual property stat has been developing for years, and great achievements gained. But diversity and international comparability of indices still need to be improved IP trading stat IP protection stat ··· Current stat status Additional contents Technology and IP statistics Contents Technology and IP statistics 上海市统计局 SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL STATISTICS BUREAU

Because new services keep coming up, and it’s getting harder to distinguish these services, the service industry stat is getting more difficult Newly emerging industry stat Edge industry stat Servicetradestat ··· Current stat status Additional contents Service and rising industry statistics Contents Service and rising industry statistics 上海市统计局 SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL STATISTICS BUREAU

Government stat in big cities should first improve stat indices for people life quality Society justice inspection Society public opinion poll ··· Current stat status Additional contents People life and public opinion statistics Contents People life and public opinion statistics 上海市统计局 SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL STATISTICS BUREAU

Reforming stat administration system and making it fit city economy administration system Reforming stat methods system and making it fit diversified development of economy Conditions Reforming stat methods and making it fit stat survey duty Reforming department stat seal model of administration and making it fit public government information Conditions to building up statistical systems in big cities 上海市统计局 SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL STATISTICS BUREAU

Adding survey rules Improving survey methods of big cities Methods Smoothing data collection channels Evaluation and checking of data Methods to building up statistical systems in big cities 上海市统计局 SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL STATISTICS BUREAU

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Building Statistical Systems for Big Cities: Significance, Contents, and Methods