Statistics Law of The People's Republic of China

Statistics Law of The People's Republic of China

Order of the President No.9

December 8, 1983

(Adopted at the Third Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Sixth National People's Congress, promulgated by Order No. 9 of the President of the People's Republic of China on December 8, 1983, and effective as of January 1, 1984)

Contents
Chapter I General Provisions
Chapter II Plans for Statistical Investigations and the Statistical System
Chapter III The Administration and Publication of Statistical Data
Chapter IV Statistical Organs and Personnel
Chapter V Legal Responsibility
Chapter VI Supplementary Provisions

Chapter I General Provisions
　
Article 1 This Law is formulated in order to organize statistical work in an effective and scientific manner, to ensure accuracy and timeliness of statistical data, to bring into play the important role of statistics in comprehending the actual condition and strength of the country as well as in guiding national economic and social development, and to promote the smooth progress of the socialist modernization.
　
Article 2 The fundamental task of statistical work is to make statistical investigations and analyses of national economic and social development, to provide statistical data and to exercise statistical supervision.
　
Article 3 The state organs, public organizations, enterprises, institutions, and self-employed industrialists and businessmen, as well as all foreign-owned enterprises and institutions, all Chinese-foreign equity joint ventures and contractual joint ventures within the territory of China, shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Law and state provisions, provide statistical data. They may not make false entries or conceal statistical data, and they may not report statistical data belatedly or refuse to submit statistical reports. Falsification and tampering of statistical data shall be prohibited.
Autonomous mass organizations at the grass-roots level and citizens have the duty to provide truthful information needed for state statistical investigations.
　
Article 4 The state shall establish a centralized and unified statistical system, with a satistical administrative structure under unified leadership and with each level assuming responsibility for its own work.
A State Statistical Bureau shall be established under the State Council to be responsible for organizing, directing and coordinating the statistical work throughout the country.
People's governments at all levels and all departments, enterprises and institutions may, according to the needs of their statistical work, set up statistical organs and staff them with statistical personnel.
　
Article 5 The state shall introduce in a planned way modern techniques of statistical computing and data transmission.
　
Article 6 Leading members of all localities, departments and units shall direct and supervise statistical organs and personnel and other personnel concerned in enforcing this Law and the rules governing statistical work.
Leading members of all localities, departments and units may not revise the statistical data provided by statistical organs and personnel in accordance with the provisions of this Law and the rules governing
statistical work; if they find any error in data computation or in data sources, they shall instruct the statistical organs and personnel and other personnel concerned to make verification and corrections.
　
Article 7 Statistical organs and personnel shall adopt the system of responsibility for work.
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