Issuing agency: China Association of the National Shipbuilding Industry
Column: Statistics regulations and policies learning materials
source: https://www.cansi.org.cn/cms/document/14827.html
(December 8, 1983, the third meeting of the Standing Committee of the Sixth National People's Congress passed the amendment based on the "Decision on Amending the Statistical Law of the People's Republic of China" at the 19th meeting of the Eighth National People's Congress Standing Committee on May 15, 1996. The amendments came into effect on June 27, 2009 at the ninth meeting of the Standing Committee of the Eleventh National People's Congress, effective January 1, 2010)
Article 1 This law is formulated in order to scientifically and effectively organize statistical work, ensure the authenticity, accuracy, completeness and timeliness of statistical data, give full play to the important role of statistics in understanding national conditions and national strength, serve economic and social development, and promote the development of socialist modernization.
Article 2 This Law applies to statistical activities organized and implemented by people's governments at all levels, statistical agencies and relevant departments of people's governments at or above the county level.
The basic tasks of statistics are to conduct statistical investigation and statistical analysis of economic and social development, provide statistical information and statistical advice, and implement statistical supervision.
Article 3 The state shall establish a centralized and unified statistical system and implement a statistical management system with unified leadership and hierarchical responsibilities.
Article 4 The State Council, local people's governments at all levels, and relevant departments shall strengthen the organization and leadership of statistical work and provide necessary guarantees for statistical work.
Article 5 The state shall strengthen statistical scientific research, improve the scientific statistical indicator system, continuously improve statistical survey methods, and enhance the scientific nature of statistics.
The state has planned to strengthen the construction of statistical information and promote the modernization of statistical information collection, processing, transmission, sharing, storage technology and statistical database systems.
Article 6 Statistical institutions and statisticians shall independently exercise their powers of statistical investigation, statistical reporting, and statistical supervision in accordance with the provisions of this Law and shall not be infringed upon.
Local people's governments at all levels, government statistical agencies and relevant departments, and heads of units shall not modify on their own the statistical data collected and compiled by statistical agencies and statisticians in accordance with the law, shall not in any way require statistical agencies, statisticians and other agencies and personnel to falsify or tamper with statistical data, and shall not retaliate against statisticians who perform their duties in accordance with the law or refuse or resist statistical violations.
Article 7 State agencies, enterprises, institutions and other organizations as well as individual industrial and commercial households and individuals and other subjects of statistical investigation must provide the information required for statistical investigation in a true, accurate, complete and timely manner in accordance with this Law and relevant national regulations. They must not provide untrue or incomplete statistical information, and must not report late or refuse to report statistical information.
Article 8 Statistical work shall be subject to public supervision. Any unit or individual has the right to report fraud and other illegal activities in statistics. Units and individuals who report meritoriously shall be commended and rewarded.
Article 9 Statistical institutions and statisticians shall keep state secrets, business secrets and personal information learned during statistical work confidential.
Article 10 No unit or individual may use false statistical data to defraud honorary titles, material benefits or job promotions.
Article 11 Statistical survey projects include national statistical survey projects, departmental statistical survey projects and local statistical survey projects.
National statistical survey projects refer to statistical survey projects on basic national conditions. Departmental statistical survey projects refer to professional statistical survey projects of relevant departments of the State Council. Local statistical survey projects refer to local statistical survey projects of local people's governments at or above the county level and their departments.
National statistical survey projects, departmental statistical survey projects, and local statistical survey projects should have a clear division of labor, be connected to each other, and should not be repeated.
Article 12 National statistical survey projects shall be formulated by the National Bureau of Statistics, or jointly by the National Bureau of Statistics and relevant departments of the State Council, and shall be reported to the State Council for record; major national statistical survey projects shall be submitted to the State Council for review and approval.
Departmental statistical investigation projects are formulated by the relevant departments of the State Council. If the statistical investigation objects fall within the system under the jurisdiction of the department, they shall be reported to the National Bureau of Statistics for filing; if the statistical investigation objects are beyond the jurisdiction of the department, they shall be reported to the National Bureau of Statistics for approval.
Local statistical survey items are formulated separately or jointly by the statistical agencies of the local people's governments at or above the county level and relevant departments. Among them, those formulated by the statistical agencies of the provincial people's governments alone or jointly with relevant departments shall be submitted to the National Bureau of Statistics for review and approval; those formulated by the statistical agencies of the people's governments below the provincial level alone or jointly with relevant departments shall be reported to the statistical agencies of the provincial people's governments for review and approval; those formulated by the relevant departments of the local people's governments at or above the county level shall be reported to the statistics agencies of the people's governments at the same level for review and approval.
Article 13 The approval authority for a statistical survey project shall review the necessity, feasibility, and scientificity of the survey project, and make a written decision to approve the project if it meets the legal conditions and make it public; if it does not meet the legal conditions, make a written decision to disapprove and explain the reasons.
Article 14 When formulating a statistical investigation project, the statistical investigation system for the project shall be formulated at the same time, and shall be submitted for review and approval or filed in accordance with the provisions of Article 12 of this Law.
The statistical survey system shall stipulate the purpose of survey, survey content, survey method, survey objects, survey organization method, survey form format, submission and publication of statistical data, etc.
Statistical investigations shall be organized and implemented in accordance with the statistical investigation system. Changes in the contents of the statistical investigation system shall be reported to the original approval authority for approval or the original filing authority for filing.
Article 15 The statistical survey form shall be marked with the form number, the issuing authority, the approval or filing document number, the validity period and other symbols.
For statistical survey forms that are not marked with the signs specified in the preceding paragraph or have expired, the statistical survey subjects have the right to refuse to fill in the forms; the statistical agencies of the people's governments at or above the county level shall order the cessation of relevant statistical survey activities in accordance with the law.
Article 16 The collection and arrangement of statistical data shall be based on periodic censuses, with regular sampling surveys as the main body, comprehensive use of comprehensive surveys, key surveys and other methods, and full use of administrative records and other information.
The census of major national conditions and national strength is under the unified leadership of the State Council, and the State Council and local people's governments organize statistical agencies and relevant departments to jointly implement it.
Article 17 The state shall formulate unified statistical standards to ensure the standardization of the meaning of indicators, calculation methods, classification catalogues, questionnaire formats and statistical coding used in statistical surveys.
National statistical standards are formulated by the National Bureau of Statistics, or jointly by the National Bureau of Statistics and the standardization department of the State Council.
Relevant departments under the State Council may formulate supplementary departmental statistical standards and submit them to the National Bureau of Statistics for review and approval. Departmental statistical standards shall not conflict with national statistical standards.
Article 18 The statistical agencies of the people's governments at or above the county level may, based on the needs of statistical tasks, promote the use of computer networks to submit statistical data among statistical survey subjects.
Article 19 People's governments at or above the county level shall include the funds required for statistical work in their fiscal budgets.
The funds required for a major census of national conditions and national strength shall be jointly borne by the State Council and local people's governments, included in the fiscal budget of the corresponding year, and shall be allocated on time to ensure that they are in place.
Article 20 Statistical agencies and relevant departments of people's governments at or above the county level, as well as township and town people's governments, shall establish systems for the preservation and management of statistical data in accordance with relevant national regulations, and establish and improve statistical information sharing mechanisms.
Article 21 State agencies, enterprises, institutions, and other organizations and other objects of statistical investigation shall set up original records and statistical ledgers in accordance with relevant national regulations, and establish and improve management systems for the review, signature, handover, and archiving of statistical data.
In the review of statistical data, the signatory shall be responsible for the authenticity, accuracy and completeness of the statistical data reviewed and signed.
Article 22 Relevant departments of the people's governments at or above the county level shall promptly provide the statistical agencies of the people's governments at the same level with the administrative record information required for statistics and the financial information required for national economic accounting, fiscal information and other information, and shall promptly submit to the statistical agencies of the people's governments at the same level the relevant information obtained by organizing and implementing statistical surveys in accordance with the provisions of the statistical investigation system.
The statistical agencies of the people's governments at or above the county level shall provide relevant statistical data to the relevant departments of the people's governments at the same level in a timely manner.
Article 23 The statistical agencies of the people's governments at or above the county level shall publish statistical data on a regular basis in accordance with relevant national regulations.
National statistical data are subject to data published by the National Bureau of Statistics.
Article 24 The statistical data obtained from statistical surveys by the relevant departments of the people's governments at or above the county level shall be published by these departments in accordance with relevant national regulations.
Article 25 No unit or individual may provide or disclose information obtained during statistical surveys that can identify or infer the identity of individual statistical survey subjects, or use it for purposes other than statistics.
Article 26 The statistical data obtained from statistical investigations by the statistical agencies and relevant departments of the people's governments at or above the county level, except those that should be kept confidential according to law, shall be disclosed in a timely manner for public inquiry.
Article 27 The State Council establishes the National Bureau of Statistics to organize, lead and coordinate statistical work nationwide in accordance with the law.
The National Bureau of Statistics establishes dispatched survey agencies based on work needs to undertake statistical surveys and other tasks assigned by the National Bureau of Statistics.
Local people's governments at or above the county level shall establish independent statistical institutions, and township and town people's governments shall set up statistical work stations, staff full-time or part-time statistical personnel, manage according to law, carry out statistical work, and implement statistical surveys.
Article 28 Relevant departments of the people's governments at or above the county level shall establish statistical institutions according to the needs of statistical tasks, or set up statisticians in relevant institutions, and designate statistical persons in charge, organize and manage statistical work within the scope of their respective responsibilities in accordance with the law, conduct statistical surveys, and accept the guidance of the statistical institutions of the people's governments at the same level in statistical business.
Article 29 Statistical agencies and statisticians shall perform their duties in accordance with the law, truthfully collect and submit statistical data, and shall not forge or tamper with statistical data, shall not require any unit or individual to provide untrue statistical data in any way, and shall not engage in other acts that violate the provisions of this law.
Statisticians should adhere to the principle of seeking truth from facts, abide by professional ethics, and be responsible for the consistency of the statistical data they are responsible for collecting, reviewing, and entering with the statistical data submitted by the statistical survey subjects.
Article 30 When statisticians conduct statistical investigations, they have the right to question relevant personnel on statistics-related issues, require them to truthfully provide relevant information and information, and correct untrue and inaccurate information.
When statisticians conduct statistical investigations, they should produce their work certificates issued by the statistical agencies of the people's governments at or above the county level or relevant departments; if they fail to produce them, the subjects of the statistical investigation have the right to refuse the investigation.
Article 31 The state implements the qualification examination and evaluation system for statistical professional and technical positions to improve the professional quality of statisticians and ensure the stability of the statistical team.
Statisticians should have professional knowledge and professional abilities appropriate to the statistical work they engage in.
Statistical agencies and relevant departments of people's governments at or above the county level should strengthen professional training and professional ethics education for statisticians.
Article 32 The people's governments at or above the county level and their supervisory agencies shall supervise the implementation of this Law by the people's governments at the lower levels, the statistical agencies and relevant departments of the people's governments at the same level.
Article 33: The National Bureau of Statistics organizes and manages the supervision and inspection of statistical work nationwide, and investigates and punishes major statistical violations.
The statistical agencies of local people's governments at or above the county level shall investigate and handle statistical violations that occur within their own administrative regions in accordance with the law. However, statistical violations that occur during statistical investigation activities organized and implemented by the investigation agencies dispatched by the National Bureau of Statistics shall be investigated and dealt with by the investigation agency that organized and implemented the statistical investigation.
If laws and administrative regulations have other provisions for relevant departments to investigate and deal with statistical violations, those provisions shall prevail.
Article 34 Relevant departments of the people's governments at or above the county level shall actively assist the statistical agencies of the people's governments at the same level in investigating and handling illegal statistical activities, and promptly transfer relevant statistical illegal case materials to the statistical agencies of the people's governments at the same level.
Article 35 The statistical agencies of the people's governments at or above the county level have the right to take the following measures when investigating illegal statistical activities or verifying statistical data:
(1) Issue a statistical inspection inquiry letter to inquire about relevant matters from the inspection objects;
(2) Require inspection subjects to provide relevant original records and vouchers, statistical ledgers, statistical questionnaires, accounting information and other relevant certificates and information;
(3) Ask relevant personnel about matters related to the inspection;
(4) Entering the business premises and statistical data processing information system of the inspection object for inspection and verification;
(5) With the approval of the person in charge of the institution, register and save relevant original records and vouchers, statistical ledgers, statistical questionnaires, accounting materials and other relevant certificates and materials of the inspection objects;
(6) Record, record, videotape, take photos and copy the information and information related to the inspection items.
When the statistical agencies of the people's governments at or above the county level conduct supervision and inspection, there shall be no less than two supervisors and inspection personnel, and they shall present their law enforcement certificates; if they fail to do so, the relevant units and individuals have the right to refuse the inspection.
Article 36 When the statistical agencies of the people's governments at or above the county level perform their supervisory and inspection duties, relevant units and individuals shall truthfully report the situation and provide relevant certificates and information. They shall not refuse, hinder the inspection, transfer, conceal, tamper with, or destroy the original records and vouchers, statistical ledgers, statistical questionnaires, accounting information and other relevant certificates and information.
Article 37 If the person in charge of a local people's government, government statistics agency or relevant department or unit commits any of the following acts, he or she shall be punished by the appointment and removal authority or supervisory authority in accordance with the law, and shall be notified by the statistics agency of the people's government at or above the county level:
(1) Modify statistical data on your own and fabricate false statistical data;
(2) Requiring statistical agencies, statisticians or other agencies or personnel to forge or tamper with statistical data;
(3) Retaliating against statisticians who perform their duties in accordance with the law or refuse or resist illegal statistical activities;
(4) Neglecting to observe serious statistical violations that occur in this locality, department, or unit.
Article 38 If the statistical agency or relevant department of the people's government at or above the county level commits any of the following acts while organizing and implementing statistical survey activities, the people's government at the same level, the statistical agency of the people's government at the next higher level, or the statistical agency of the people's government at the same level shall order it to make corrections and notify it; the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be punished by the appointment and removal authority or the supervisory authority in accordance with the law:
(1) Organizing and implementing statistical surveys without approval;
(2) Changing the contents of the statistical survey system without approval;
(4) Requiring statistical survey subjects or other institutions or personnel to provide untrue statistical information;
(5) Failure to submit relevant information in accordance with the provisions of the statistical survey system.
If a statistician commits any of the acts listed in items 3 to 5 of the preceding paragraph, he shall be ordered to make corrections and be punished in accordance with the law.
Article 39 If the statistical agency or relevant department of the people's government at or above the county level commits any of the following acts, the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be punished by the appointment and removal authority or the supervisory authority in accordance with the law:
(2) Leaking business secrets, personal information or providing personal information of statistical survey subjects, leaking information obtained during statistical surveys that can identify or infer the identity of individual statistical survey subjects;
(3) Violating relevant national regulations and causing damage or loss of statistical data.
Statisticians who commit any of the acts listed in the preceding paragraph shall be punished in accordance with the law.
Article 40: Statistical agencies and statisticians who leak state secrets shall be held legally responsible in accordance with the law.
Article 41 If a state agency, enterprise, institution or other organization that is the subject of a statistical investigation commits any of the following acts, the statistical agency of the people's government at or above the county level shall order it to make corrections, give a warning, and may notify it; if its directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel are state workers, the appointment and removal authority or the supervisory authority shall impose sanctions in accordance with the law:
(1) Refusing to provide statistical information or failing to provide statistical information on time despite being urged;
(2) Providing untrue or incomplete statistical information;
(3) Refusing to reply or not truthfully replying to the statistical inspection inquiry letter;
(4) Refusing or obstructing statistical investigation or statistical inspection;
(5) Transfer, conceal, tamper with, destroy or refuse to provide original records and vouchers, statistical ledgers, statistical questionnaires and other relevant certificates and information.
Enterprises, institutions or other organizations that commit any of the acts listed in the preceding paragraph may be fined not more than 50,000 yuan; if the circumstances are serious, they may also be fined not less than 50,000 yuan but not more than 200,000 yuan.
If an individual industrial and commercial household commits any of the acts listed in paragraph 1 of this article, the statistics agency of the people's government at or above the county level shall order it to make corrections, give a warning, and may also impose a fine of not more than 10,000 yuan.
Article 42 If a state agency, enterprise, institution or other organization that is the subject of a statistical investigation late reports statistical data, or fails to set up original records and statistical ledgers in accordance with relevant national regulations, the statistical agency of the people's government at or above the county level shall order it to make corrections and issue a warning.
If an enterprise, institution or other organization commits any of the acts listed in the preceding paragraph, it may also be fined not more than 10,000 yuan.
If an individual industrial and commercial household reports statistical data late, the statistics agency of the people's government at or above the county level will order it to make corrections, give a warning, and may also impose a fine of not more than one thousand yuan.
Article 43 When the statistical agencies of the people's governments at or above the county level investigate and deal with statistical violations, if they believe that the relevant state functionaries should be punished in accordance with the law, they shall make recommendations for sanctions; the appointment and removal authority or the supervisory authority of the state functionaries shall make a timely decision in accordance with the law and notify the statistics agencies of the people's governments at or above the county level in writing of the results.
Article 44 If an individual who is the subject of a statistical investigation refuses or obstructs a statistical investigation during a major census of national conditions or strength, or provides untrue or incomplete census data, the statistical agency of the people's government at or above the county level shall order corrections and provide criticism and education.
Article 45 Anyone who violates the provisions of this Law and uses false statistical data to defraud honorary titles, material benefits or job promotions shall not only be held legally responsible for fabricating false statistical data or asking others to fabricate false statistical data, but the unit that made the relevant decision or its superior unit and the supervisory authority shall cancel his honorary title, recover the material benefits obtained, and revoke the promoted position.
Article 46 If the party concerned is dissatisfied with the administrative penalty decision made by the statistical agency of the people's government at or above the county level, he may apply for administrative reconsideration or file an administrative lawsuit in accordance with the law. Among them, if he is dissatisfied with the administrative penalty decision made by the investigation agency dispatched by the National Bureau of Statistics in the province, autonomous region, or municipality directly under the Central Government, he shall apply to the National Bureau of Statistics for administrative reconsideration; if he is dissatisfied with the administrative penalty decision made by other investigation agencies dispatched by the National Bureau of Statistics, he may apply to the National Bureau of Statistics in the province, autonomous region, or autonomous region where the dispatched agency is located. The investigation agency dispatched by the municipality directly under the Central Government applies for administrative reconsideration.
Article 47 Anyone who violates the provisions of this Law and constitutes a crime shall be investigated for criminal responsibility in accordance with the law.
Article 48 The term “statistical agencies of people’s governments at or above the county level” as used in this Law refers to the National Bureau of Statistics and its dispatched survey agencies, and statistical agencies of local people’s governments at or above the county level.
Article 49 The management measures for private statistical survey activities shall be formulated by the State Council.
Organizations outside the People's Republic of China and individuals who need to conduct statistical investigation activities within the territory of the People's Republic of China must apply for approval in accordance with the regulations of the State Council.
Anyone who uses statistical surveys to endanger national security, harm social and public interests, or engage in fraudulent activities will be held legally responsible in accordance with the law.
Article 50 This law shall come into effect on January 1, 2010.
One of the statistical laws, regulations and policy documents: Statistics Law of the People's Republic of China.pdf