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NATIONAL STATISTICAL SOCIETY OF CHINA (NSSC)

 Introduction

The National Statistical Society of China (NSSC), established in November 1979, is a mass academic organization for statistical research.

It has 73 corporate members (branches), they are:

• provincial statistical societies of Tianjin, Beijing, Hebei, shanxi, Inner-Mongolia, Liaonin, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang,Anhui, Fujian, Jiangxi, Shangdong, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Sichuang, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinhai, Ninxia and Xinjiang;
• the Commercial Statistical Society of China, the Public Health Statistical Society of China, and the Foreign Economic and Trade Society of China;
• and branches of machinery statistics, armaments industry statistics, petroleum industry statistics, insurance statistics, forestry statistics, public security statistics, cultural statistics, light industry statistics, geology statistics, transport statistics, labour statistics, investment statistics, science and technology statistics, computerization statistics, SAS software applications, Marxist statistical theory, northwestern cities, city statistics, tobacco statistics, metallurgical statistics, electronics industry statistics, railway statistics, electric power statistics and government organs statistics;
• and others 16 statistical societies of municipalities directly under the Central Government .

Organisation

President: Liu Hong
Secretary General: Wen Jian-wu
Standing deputy Secretary General: Sui Sheng-li.

• NSSC standing council:81
• NSSC council: 164
• Individual members: 5000
• Corporate members (branches):73

• all individuals possessing theoretical knowledge of statistics or who have experience in statistical work;
• those who have earned a professional title as either statistician, lecturer, assistant researcher, or have reached an equivalent academic level;
• and those who agree with the aims of the NSSC and are recommended by two members of the NSSC, can become individual members.

The functions of the NSSC

• organizing, guiding and encouraging its members to take an active part in statistical academic activities;
• summarizing and exchanging research achievements in statistical science and experience accumulated from statistical practice;
• hosting public lectures and symposiums on statistics, translating, editing and recommending the publication of statistical books;
• cooperating with relevant departments to strengthen professional education on statistics and conduct training for statisticians;
• assisting relevant departments in studying problems arising in statistical works, making suggestions for improvement, and conducting consultative activities;
• promoting international academic exchange activities and studies, and introducing foreign achievements in scientific research and development in statistics;
• according to the need, to hold some special topic conferences , academic report meetings or others activities with the corporate members (branches) of NSSC;
• to give a spiritual and material prize to those individuals and collectivities who have made important contributes in the statistical academic field.

Scientific activities

Adhering to the principle of "priority to small sizes, localities and speciality", the NSSC conducts a variety of statistical research activities. Therefore, closely around the establishment of the system of socialist market economy, it emphatically studies the following issues:

• comparative studies on country's integrated strength;
• research on the monitor system of economic safety;
• study on GDP;
• how does the sample survey satisfy the needs in multi-objects and multi-levels decision-making;
• how does the statistical reform adapt to the need of enterprise reform;
• study on the supervise system of the quality of statistical data.

Other regular activities

• National members congress of the NSSC once a quadrennium;
• Meeting of the NSSC standing council once a year;
• Meeting of the NSSC council every other year;
• National symposium on statistics every other year;
• Symposium on statistics for young and middle-aged statisticians every other year.

Publications

• Statistical Research (monthly);
• NSSC Work and Scientific Research (10-12 issues yearly).

Address Information

Mr. Ding Damin, Liaison officer
National Statistical Society of China
75 Yuetan Nanjing, Sanlihe,
Beijing 100826
People's Republic of China
E-mail:  riss@public.east.cn.net
URL: www.stats.gov.cn/nssc

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