The statistical law has been revised to further prevent and punish statistical fraud and improve statistical science.

Xinhua News Agency BeijingSeptember 13th (Reporter Pan Jie) The 11th meeting of the 14th the National People’s Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) voted on the 13th to adopt a decision on amending the Statistics Law, which will take effect as of the date of promulgation. On the basis of keeping the current statistical law system framework basically unchanged, this revision of the statistical law focuses on strengthening the responsibility of preventing and punishing statistical fraud, strengthening statistical supervision, and improving the scientific nature of statistics, adding 3 new articles and modifying 21 articles.

Shi Hong, director of the Social Law Office of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) Law Committee, said that the revision of the statistical law adheres to the problem orientation, enriches the basic statistical functions such as statistical supervision, supplements and improves the basic statistical systems such as statistical investigation, national economic accounting, statistical data management and publication, strengthens the legal responsibility for illegal acts such as statistical fraud, and fills in the shortcomings and weaknesses of the legal system.

In terms of preventing and punishing statistical fraud, the revision of the statistical law has increased.It is stipulated that "prevention and punishment of statistical fraud and fraud shall be included in the scope of responsibility for administration and performance of duties according to law" and "strengthening the assessment and management of leading cadres’ statistical work", and that "subordinate units and their personnel or statistical investigation objects shall not be explicitly or implicitly filled in with false statistical data" and "units and individuals who perform their duties according to law or refuse or resist statistical violations shall not take revenge".

In view of the behavior of the responsible person who neglects the serious inaccuracy of statistical data, the revision of the statistical law further increases the legal responsibility; Increase the provisions of the bottom, throughThe way of "enumerating and covering the bottom" ensures that all kinds of statistical fraud and fraud are fully investigated for legal responsibility.

Mao Shengyong, deputy director of the National Bureau of Statistics, introduced that in strengthening statistical supervision, the revision of the statistical law further clarified the connotation, functional orientation and requirements of statistical supervision"The state builds a systematic, coordinated, efficient, powerful, authoritative and reliable statistical supervision system" and "statistical institutions conduct statistical supervision on the implementation of major national economic and social policies and measures and the performance of statistical statutory duties in various regions and departments according to the statistical investigation system and approved plans".

This revision also makes some more targeted and operational provisions on improving the government’s statistical production capacity, data quality and service level, includingAccording to the new situation of economic and social development, we should improve scientific and reasonable statistical standards and statistical index system, and bring new economic fields into the scope of statistical investigation. The state implements a unified national economic accounting system, promotes the deep integration of modern information technology and statistical work, and promotes the electronization, digitization and standardization of statistical accounts.

　　Relevant policy documents: Statistics Law of the People’s Republic of China