the State Council Order of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China No. 415 The Regulation of National Economic Census is hereby promulgated, and shall come into force as of the date of promulgation. Premier of the State Council, Wen Jiabao September 5, 2004 Regulation of National Economic Census Chapter I General Provisions Article 1 The present Regulation is formulated in accordance with the Statistics Law of the People’s Republic of China for the purpose of organizing Article 2 The purpose of economic censuses is to control the overall conditions of the development scale, structure and benefit of the secondary Article 3 The work of economic census shall be organized and carried out in light of the principle of unified national leadership, the division Article 4 The state organs, public organizations, enterprises and institutions, other organizations and individual businesses shall actively Article 5 The publicity departments at all levels shall make full use of such media as newspapers and periodicals, radio broadcasts, television, Article 6 The expenses needed for economic census shall be jointly taken on by the Central Government and the local people’s governments at The expenses for economic census shall be managed uniformly, used as special funds for special purpose, and the payout shall be strictly Article 7 The economic census shall be carried out once every five years, the standard time point shall be December 31st of the year of census. Chapter II Objects, Scope and Method of Economic Census Article 8 The objects of economic census shall be all the legal person entities, entities of industry activities and individual businesses that Article 9 The objects of economic census shall have the obligation to accept the investigation made by the economic census institutions and The objects of economic census shall fill in the economic census form according to the facts on time, no one may falsely report, hide The objects of economic census shall provide the materials relating to economic census in time according to the requirements of economic Article 10 The scope of industry of economic census shall include: 1. Mining industry; 2. Manufacturing industry; 3. Electric power, gas and water production and supply industry; 4. Construction industry; 5. Communications and transportation, storage and postal industries; 6. Information transmission, computer service and software industries; 7. Wholesale and retail industries; 8. Accommodation and catering industries; 9. Finance industry; 10. Real estate industry; 11. Tenancy and business service industries; 12. Scientific research, technological service and geological prospecting industry; 13. Water conservancy, environment and public facilities management industries; 14. Residents service and other service industries; 15. Education; 16. Sanitation, social security and social welfare industries; 17. Culture, physical culture and entertainment industries; and 18. Public management and social organizations etc.. Article 11 The method of overall investigation shall be adopted for economic census, but in the case of the production and management of individual Chapter III Form Format, Main Contents and Standards of Economic Census Article 12 In conducting economic censuses, questionnaires of legal person entities, entities of industry activities and individual businesses Article 13 The main contents of economic census shall include: the basic attribute of an entity, employees thereof, financial status, production Article 14 The statistical classification standards and catalogues prescribed by the state shall be adopted for an economic census. Chapter IV The Organization and Implementation of Economic Census Article 15 The State Council establishes a leading group and the office thereof for economic census. The leading group for economic census shall The relevant departments of the State Council shall perform their own duties, closely cooperate with each other, and do the relevant Article 16 The local people’s governments at all levels shall establish a leading group and a corresponding office for economic census, and organize The sub-district office and residents’ (villagers’) committee shall widely mobilize and organize the social power to actively participate Article 17 The relevant departments of the State Council and the local people’s governments at all levels shall establish economic census institutions, Article 18 Large enterprises shall establish economic census institutions, which are responsible for completing and reporting the economic census Article 19 The local economic census institutions at all levels shall hire or transfer census directors and census enumerators from relevant The census directors and census enumerators shall be in good health, have a strong sense of responsibility and have corresponding Article 20 The personnel hired shall be paid labor remunerations by the local economic census institutions. The wages of the personnel transferred Article 21 The local economic census institutions at all levels shall offer uniform professional training to census directors and census enumerators, The census enumerators shall be responsible for organizing and directing objects of economic census to fill in economic census forms, Article 22 The census directors and census enumerators are enpost_titled to consult the relevant original documents of finance and accounting, statistics Article 23 The economic census institutions at all levels shall check the entities during the period of preparation for economic census and accurately The departments of staffing, civil affairs, taxation, industry and commerce, quality inspection at all levels and other departments The economic census institutions at the county level shall make verification and check one by one in light of the economic census Article 24 The economic census institutions at the county level shall do well the work for the distribution, collection, checking, recording Legal entities shall fill in the questionnaire of legal person entities and shall be responsible for organizing their subordinate Article 25 The economic census institutions at all levels and the economic census personnel shall exercise their authority of investigation, No leader of each region, department or entity may alter, without permission, the economic census materials provided by any economic Chapter V Data Processing and Quality Control Article 26 The work for data processing of economic census shall be implemented by the economic census institutions at or above the county level. The office of the leading group of economic census of the State Council shall be responsible for providing the data processing standards The local economic census institutions at all levels shall carry out the data processing in accordance with the unified requirements Article 27 After the end of economic census data processing, the economic census institutions at all levels shall do a good job in making backup Article 28 The local economic census institutions at all levels shall establish post responsibility system for quality control of economic census Article 29 The office of the leading group of economic census of the State Council shall uniformly organize the work for quality spot check of The economic census institutions at all levels shall make a careful analysis and comprehensive appraisal on the collective data of Chapter VI Data Publicity, Material Management and Development and Application Article 30 The economic census institutions at all levels shall publicize economic census gazettes in accordance with the state provisions. The local economic census institutions at all levels shall be subject to the approval by the upper level economic census institutions Article 31 The economic census institutions at all levels shall handle well the work related to keeping and managing economic census data and Article 32 The economic census institutions at all levels and their staff members shall abide by the relevant provisions of the Statistics Law Article 33 The materials relating to the entities and individuals obtained through economic census shall be restricted strictly for economic Chapter VII Commendation and Punishment Article 34 The advanced entities and advanced individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the economic census work shall be given Article 35 In case any leader of any local region, department or entity revises economic census materials without permission, fabricates false In case any economic census personnel participates in juggling economic census materials, or fabricating false data, the statistical Article 36 In case any economic census object has any of the following illegal acts, the statistical institutions of the people’s government 1. Refusing or impeding the investigation conducted by any economic census institution or economic census personnel according to law; 2. Providing false or incomplete economic census materials; or 3. Failing to provide materials relating to economic census, and still failing to do so after being urged to make report. In case any enterprise or institutional organization has any one of the illegal acts as enumerated in the preceding paragraph, the Article 37 The economic census institutions at all levels shall set up informants’ hot-line telephone to accept the complaint and supervision Chapter VIII Supplementary Provisions Article 38 The present Regulation shall be implemented as of the date of promulgation. |
the State Council
2004-09-05