Notice of the National Bureau of Statistics and the State Administration for Industry and Commerce on Issuing the Interim Provisions on the Administration of Statistical Information Consulting Service

Notice of the National Bureau of Statistics and the State Administration for Industry and Commerce on Issuing the Interim Provisions on the Administration of Statistical Information Consulting Services Article 1 These Provisions are formulated in accordance with the Statistics Law of the People's Republic of China and other relevant laws and regulations in order to meet the needs of the socialist market economy, fully develop and utilize statistical information resources, strengthen the state's planning, supervision and management of the statistical information consulting service market, and establish and improve the statistical information consulting service system. Article 2 These Provisions shall apply to organizations and individuals engaged in statistical information consulting services. Article 3 The term "statistical information" as mentioned in these Provisions refers to all kinds of statistical data obtained by statistical methods that reflect social, economic and scientific conditions in the form of data. Including text, tape, disk and other physical media as the carrier of data summary information, and on this basis, analysis and research suggestions and countermeasures. Article 4 The statistical information consulting service as mentioned in these Provisions refers to various statistical information service activities for profit. Including the following business service activities:

(1) Transferring the ownership or use right of statistical information products;

(two) entrusted to carry out special statistical investigations or to develop and reprocess existing statistical data;

(3) Holding statistical information fairs;

(4) publishing statistical information;

(5) Statistical information consultation;

(six) the use of statistical information for evaluation activities;

(seven) to provide services for fixed statistical information trading places;

(eight) statistical information transaction intermediary services;

(nine) statistical information network and transmission technology services;

(ten) other forms permitted by national laws and regulations. Article 5 No organization or individual may infringe upon the legitimate rights and interests of the citizens, legal persons and other organizations concerned in the process of developing and utilizing statistical information. Article 6 Statistical information provided to the society in any form must be true, and it is forbidden to provide false statistical information, or to provide statistical information that violates statistical standards, statistical methods, statistical systems and other statistical technical requirements. Article 7 The National Bureau of Statistics and the statistical agencies of local people's governments at various levels are the competent departments of statistical information, and are responsible for managing and coordinating the statistical information consulting services throughout the country and within their respective administrative regions.

The State Administration for Industry and Commerce and local administrative departments for industry and commerce at all levels shall supervise and manage the statistical information consulting service activities. Article 8 The functions of the National Bureau of Statistics and statistical agencies of local people's governments at various levels in managing statistical information consulting services are:

(a) to formulate the development strategy and development plan of the statistical information consulting service industry;

(two) to formulate the management policy of statistical information consulting services;

(3) Examining the qualifications of employees of statistical institutions and similar statistical information service institutions;

(four) supervision and inspection of statistical information commodity trading and its intermediary activities;

(five) training the managers and employees of the statistical information consulting service industry.

The National Bureau of Statistics may formulate administrative regulations on the management of statistical information service industry.

The administrative departments for industry and commerce at all levels may exercise the duties specified in Item (4) of the first paragraph of this article. Article 9 Statistical information consulting services of the State Council and local people's governments at all levels shall be conducted under the management and coordination of the State Council and local people's governments at all levels. Tenth any organization or individual engaged in statistical information consulting services must accept the management, supervision and inspection of the administrative department of statistical information and the administrative department for industry and commerce. Eleventh statistical information administrative departments and their subordinate administrative units and public servants shall not engage in various statistical information consulting services for profit.

The income obtained by the administrative department of statistical information from transferring the ownership or use right of statistical information according to law must be included in the statistical budget management.

Institutions affiliated to statistical information administrative departments and other administrative departments may engage in statistical information consulting services upon approval and registration by the administrative department for industry and commerce. Twelfth non-state civil servants with professional and technical positions above statisticians may apply for the establishment of statisticians' offices and similar statistical information service institutions. Thirteenth statisticians' offices and similar statistical information service institutions can be established in partnership. Fourteenth statisticians' offices and similar statistical information service institutions may be legal persons with limited liability if they meet the following conditions:

(a) the registered capital of not less than one hundred thousand yuan;

(two) there are a certain number of full-time employees, at least two of whom have professional and technical positions as statisticians or above;

(three) reliable sources of statistical information, information processing facilities and capabilities.

Statistical institutions with limited liability and similar statistical information service institutions shall be liable for their debts with all their assets. Fifteenth the establishment of statistical agencies and similar statistical information service institutions must be registered by the administrative department for Industry and commerce and issued a business license. An application for the establishment of a company shall meet the conditions stipulated in the Regulations on the Administration of Company Registration. Article 16 Statistical firms and similar statistical information service institutions may engage in the following business activities within the business scope approved by the administrative department for industry and commerce:

(a) according to the authorization of the statistical information management department, the statistical information management institution shall organize the technical appraisal of the authenticity of the statistical data of various evaluation regions, industries and enterprises;

(two) statistical information consulting services;

(three) to accept the entrustment of the administrative department of statistical information and undertake the statistical business activities of foreign-invested enterprises, private enterprises and other units in the region with compensation;

(4) Other business activities permitted by national laws and regulations.