1. IMF International cooperation with the NBS Presentation Closing session Friday, December 4, 2009 Kim Zieschang IMF Statistics Department The 13 th OECD-NBS Workshop on National Accounts Haikou, China November 30-December 4, 2009 The views herein are those of the author and should not be attributed to the IMF, its Executive board, or its management

2. December 4, 2009IMF International cooperation with the NBS2 Past collaboration IMF’s Statistics Department (STA) and China’s data compiling agencies have engaged in a substantial amount of technical cooperation since China rejoined the IMF in April 1980  Bilateral projects have been mostly in areas of statistics other than national accounts and prices, in monetary, balance of payments, and government finance statistics  Training has been as important a modality as bilateral projects in real sector statistics China Training Program (CTP) Singapore Training Institute (STI)

3. December 4, 2009IMF International cooperation with the NBS3 Current collaboration Chinese delegations from NBS have visited IMF/STA on information and consultative visits  On NBS work in real sector statistics  On China’s participation in the General Data Dissemination System (GDDS), and on China’s future achievement of Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS) requirements.

4. December 4, 2009IMF International cooperation with the NBS4 Future collaboration The NBS has identified the following opportunities for collaboration with IMF/STA:  Training programs at CTP or other collaborative venues Price statistics, including service sector prices, such as real estate and transportation The training could be conducted through (a) a tailored training course in China to resolve specific issues, and (b) hands-on training of NBS statisticians in advanced countries National accounts This training could be conducted through (a) a training course on national accounts based on the System of National Accounts 2008, and (b) a tailored seminar and a TA mission on specific topics with some case studies, such as GDP accounting, research on supply and use methodology, and regional GDP accounting.  NBS staff might also be able to work at the IMF on tours of up to six months under the visiting staff program