Decree of the State Council of the People s Republic of China No. 415 Regulations on National Economic Census are hereby promulgated and shall become effective as of the date of promulgation.
Premier Wen Jiabao September 5, 2004 Regulations on National Economic Census
(Promulgated by Decree No. 415 of the State Council of the People s Republic of China on September 5, 2004, and effective as of the Chapter I General Provisions Article 1 These Regulations are formulated in accordance with the Statistics Law of the People s Republic of China for the purposes of organizing Article 2 Economic census is designed to help keep abreast of the development of the secondary and tertiary industries of our country in terms Article 3 Economic census shall be organized and conducted in accordance with the principles of unified national leadership, division of work Article 4 All State organs, social organizations, enterprises, institutions, other organizations and self-employed individuals shall, in accordance Article 5 Publicity departments at all levels shall, by making full use of newspapers, magazines, broadcasts, television programmes, internet, Article 6 The funds needed for economic census shall jointly be furnished by the Central Government and local people s governments at all The funds for economic census shall be managed in a unified way and used as earmarked, and the disbursement shall strictly be controlled. Article 7 Economic census is conducted once in every five years, and the reference time is December 31st of the year in which such census Chapter II Respondents, Coverage and Methods of Economic Census Article 8 Respondents of economic census are such legal person units, industrial units and self-employed individuals as engage in the secondary Article 9 Respondents of economic census have the obligation to accept the survey conducted in accordance with the law by economic census Respondents of economic census shall fill in economic census forms in a truthful and timely manner, and shall not make false entries, Respondents of economic census shall, as required by economic census bodies and economic census personnel, provide the materials relating Article 10 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; (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; and (18) public administration and organizations. Article11 The method of complete enumeration shall be applied in economic census, while the method of sampling survey may be applied Chapter III Forms, Main Contents and Standards for Economic Census Article 12 Different forms for economic census are provided for different types of respondents: the form for legal person units, the form for Article 13 The main contents of economic census include the basic characteristics of the unit, the employees, the financial situations, the Article 14 The statistical classification standards and nomenclatures prescribed by the State shall be applied in economic census. Chapter IV Organization and Conduct of Economic Census Article 15 The State Council shall establish the leading group for economic census and the office of the group. The State Council Leading Group All the relevant departments under the State Council shall bear their respective responsibilities and closely cooperate with each Article 16 Local people s governments at all levels shall establish their own leading groups for economic census and offices thereof, which Neighbourhood offices and residents (villagers) committees shall widely mobilize and organize civic entities to actively participate Article 17 The relevant departments under the State Council and those under the local people s governments at all levels shall establish economic Article 18 Large enterprises shall establish economic census bodies, which shall be responsible for filling in the forms for economic census Article 19 Local economic census bodies at all levels shall, in the light of the need of work, recruit census supervisors and enumerators or, Census supervisors and enumerators shall be persons of healthy and with a strong sense of responsibility and professional knowledge Article 20 Those who are recruited shall be remunerated for their work by economic census bodies in the localities, while the salaries of those Article 21 Local economic census bodies at all levels shall offer uniform professional training among census supervisors and enumerators, and Enumerators are responsible for organizing respondents of economic census and guiding them in filling in the forms for economic census, Article 22 Census supervisors and enumerators shall have the right to look up the relevant original materials of financial accounting, statistics Article 23 Economic census bodies at all levels shall, at the preparatory stage of economic census, screen the units for surveying and accurately Departments at all levels that are in charge of institutional organization, civil affairs, taxation, industrial and commercial administration, On the basis of the existing registers of the basic units, economic census bodies at the county level shall, by referring to the materials Article 24 Economic census bodies at the county level shall, according to the registers of the units compiled on the basis of the screening, Legal person units shall fill in the form for legal person units, and shall be responsible for organizing industrial units affiliated Article 25 Economic census bodies at all levels and economic census personnel shall independently perform their functions and powers of surveying, Leading members of local authorities, departments and units shall not, without authorization, alter the economic census results provided Chapter V Data Processing and Quality Control Article 26 The processing of economic census data shall be organized and conducted by economic census bodies at or above the county level. The Office of the State Council Leading Group for Economic Census shall be responsible for providing all local census bodies with Local economic census bodies at all levels shall process the data in accordance with the unified requirements and standards laid down Article 27 Upon completion of the processing of economic census data, economic census bodies at all levels shall take care over the backing Article 28 Local economic census bodies at all levels shall, in accordance with the provisions of the Office of the State Council Leading Group Article 29 The Office of the State Council Leading Group for Economic Census shall organize checking through samples of the quality of economic Economic census bodies at all levels shall carefully analyze and comprehensively evaluate the economic census data collected. Chapter VI Publication of Data, Administration and Exploitation of Materials Article 30 Economic census bodies at all levels shall publish economic census bulletins in accordance with the provisions of the State. The publication of economic census bulletins by a local economic census body at a lower level shall be subject to the verification Article 31 Economic census bodies at all levels shall conscientiously preserve and administer economic census materials and offer services Article 32 Economic census bodies at all levels and their staff members shall abide by the relevant provisions of the Statistics Law of the Article 33 The use of materials regarding units and individuals collected in economic census shall be strictly limited to the purpose of economic Chapter VII Commendation and Penalties Article 34 Economic census bodies at all levels shall give commendation and award to the advanced units and individuals that have made outstanding Article 35 Leading members of local authorities, departments or units who alter economic census results without authorization, or fabricate Economic census personnel who are involved in the tampering with economic census results or the fabricating of economic census data Article 36 Any respondent of economic census that commits one of the following violations shall be ordered to make corrections and criticized (1) refusing to accept, or hindering the acceptance of, the survey conducted by economic census bodies or economic census personnel (2) providing false or incomplete economic census data; or (3) failing to provide data relating to economic census on time and still failing to do so after being urged. Any enterprise or institution that commits one of the violations mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall be given a warning by Article 37 Economic census bodies at all levels shall open a hotline for public report, as a means of accepting, from all walks of life, exposures Chapter VIII Supplementary Provisions Article 38 These Regulations shall become effective as of the date of promulgation.
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