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 Comparability Methodology 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

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