1. 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

2. Outline The OECD Statistics
The OECD National Accounts data dissemination program
The NBS data dissemination to OECD
The data
Summery and look forward

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. Thanks!