Regulations on National Economic Census (Revised in 2018)
Regulations on National Economic Census (Revised in 2018)
Regulations on National Economic Census (Revised in 2018)
Order of the State Council of the People's Republic of China No.702
August 11, 2018
(Promulgated by the Order of the State Council of the People's Republic of China No.415 on September 5, 2004, and revised according to the Decision of the State Council on Revising the Regulations on National Economic Census on August 11, 2018)
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1 These Regulations are formulated in accordance with the Statistics Law of the People's Republic of China for the purposes of organizing and conducting national economic census in a scientific and effective way, and ensuring the accuracy and timeliness of the data collected through economic census.
Article 2 Economic census is designed to help keep abreast of the development of the secondary and tertiary industries of our country in terms of their scales, structures and economic results, and establish a sound system of the registers and databases of the basic units, providing the foundation for conducting studies to make plans for national socio-economic development and raising the level of policy-making and management.
Article 3 Economic census shall be organized and conducted in accordance with the principles of unified national leadership, division of work as well as cooperation among different departments, level-by-level responsibilities by local authorities and participation by all parties concerned.
Article 4 All State organs, social organizations, enterprises, public institutions, other organizations and self-employed individuals shall, in accordance with the provisions of the Statistics Law of the People's Republic of China and these Regulations, actively participate in and closely cooperate in the work of economic census.
Article 5 Publicity departments at all levels shall, by making full use of newspapers, magazines, radio, television, internet, outdoor billboards and other media, conscientiously publicize economic census and mobilize the public for the work.
Article 6 The funds needed for economic census shall jointly be furnished by the Central Government and local people's governments at all levels, and shall be incorporated into the financial budgets of the corresponding year, so that the funds can be appropriated on schedule and guaranteed.
The funds for economic census shall be managed in a unified way and used as earmarked, and the disbursement shall strictly be controlled.
Article 7 Economic census is conducted once in every five years, and the reference time is December 31st of the year in which such census is conducted.
Chapter II Respondents, Coverage and Methods of Economic Census
Article 8 Respondents of economic census are such legal person units, establishments and self-employed individuals as engage in the secondary and tertiary industries within the territory of the People's Republic of China.
Article 9 Respondents of economic census have the obligation to accept the survey conducted in accordance with the law by economic census bodies and economic census personnel.
Respondents of economic census shall fill in economic census forms in a truthful and timely manner, and shall not make false entries, conceal economic census data, refuse to submit economic census data or submit such data belatedly.
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