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| 1 | Name of the current national classification (Original) | 国民经济行业分类与代码 |
| 2 | Name of the current national classification (English) | Industrial Classification and Codes for National Economic Activities |
| 3 | Link to international classifications
(Give the name of the international standard classification the current classification is linked to or derived | International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC version 3). |
| 4 | If no links to international classifications exist or no international standard is used, please state if there any plans to use international norms, such as work in progress, translation etc. | |
| 5 | Please describe deviations from the international standard (if any)
(Use one or two examples, if general statement not possible) | (1) There are slightly differences between Chinese Industrial Classification and ISIC. The Chinese one takes the factors of sectoral administration into considerations as well as the nature of economic activities. For instance, "Logging and Related Service Activities" is classified in the section of "Mining" in China, while it is classified in division "Forestry" in ISIC. Moreover, the mining and agglomeration of coal are put together into one division in ISIC, but they are put separately into different classes in China because they belong to different administrative organs. (2) NBS of China does not provide individual categories for those activities that are not existed or still undeveloped or not considered as important to the economy as a whole even though they are classified into certain divisions in ISIC. For instance, "Extra-Territorial Organization and Bodies" is an individual section in ISIC, but it is not shown separately in Chinese classification. On the contrary, some categories such as "geological prospecting and water conservancy" and "scientific research and polytechnic services" which are regarded as independent sections in Chinese classification. But they are not listed separately in ISIC. Some of the difference vanished in the revised edition of 2002. For example we classified the "Logging and Related Service Activities" from "Mining" to "Forestry". |
| 6 | Levels in the structure:
Is the structure identical to international standard or, if not, how does it differ?
Have additional levels been added or have changes been made, e.g. aggregations or additional breakdowns? | We have not added any levels compared with ISIC, but the Chinese classification is more detailed than it. The structure is similar to ISIC, it has four levels. |
| 7 | Number of items at the most detailed level of the current classification | 846 classes at the four digital level. |
| 8 | Do conversion tables exist between the national and the international classifications (if applicable)? | No in the current classification, we will have in the second revised edition. |
| 9 | Name of institution / office responsible for the elaboration and maintenance of the classification | Statistical Standards Division,
Department of Statistical Design and Management
NBS.
No. 75 Yuetan Nanjie, Sanlihe, Beijing
Post code :100826Tel : +86-10-6857 3311 ext. 87071
Fax: +86-10-6857 6354 [Department of International cooperation]
Website: www.stats.gov.cn |
| 10 | Contact address, phone number, e-mail or website for public information and inquiry | International Statistical Information Center
National Bureau of Statistics of China
No. 75 Yuetan Nanjie, Sanlihe, Beijing
Tel : 086 10 63449293
Fax: 086 10 6340 1410
Website: www.stats.gov.cn |
| 11 | Implementation date:
Please state the date of the first official adoption and the programme for the implementation of the various statistical applications. | Implemented in 1994.
The date of the first official adoption is in 1984.
We expect the new edition will be in use at the end of year 2002. |
| 12 | Plans for revision or update of the current classification.
Please state if plans are made to revise the classification (e.g. due to national needs not reflected in the international classification). | - We have completed the second revised edition of the industrial classification, we expect to be released at May 2002 and takes effect at the end of this year.
- Develop a product classification on the basis of the new edition. |
| 13 | Users of the classification for statistical purposes
Please state in which statistics (surveys etc.) this classification is used and if there are users outside of the Statistical Office. | It is commonly used in national surveys (including basic unit census, industrial census, agricultural census, tertiary industry census, and population census, etc.), sectoral statistical investigation of the various ministries. |
| 14 | Statistical data collected according to the current classification
Please describe for which statistical surveys or indicators the classification is used and, if not used at the most detailed level, indicate the level or aggregates used. | Generally speaking, it is usually used at the most detailed level in various census and annual reports of NBS. However, it is used at the section or division levels in the monthly and quarterly statistical data collection |
| 15 | Statistical data published according to the current classification
Please describe for which statistical surveys or indicators the classification is used and, if not used at the most detailed level, indicate the level or aggregates used. | Statistical data published in various census and annual survey is commonly at the most detailed level, and the census data is more detailed.
The monthly surveys data or others are commonly published at higher level. |
| 16 | In which languages is the classification available? | Chinese |
| 17 | Is the classification available in electronic form? | Yes, it can be available at the NBS’ web. |
| 18 | Do the conversion key(s) exist in electronic form? | Not at present. We will have in the new edition. |
| 19 | Have national explanatory notes and recommendations been elaborated? | Only have simple explanatory notes and recommendations in the current classification.
The detailed explanatory notes and recommendations have been developed for the new edition (revision 2). |
| 20 | Problems occurred during the period of use of the current classification
Please describe the kind of problems that have occurred (interpretation, methodology, etc.) | (1)The current classification does not have much details. Except Mining, Manufacturing, Electricity, Gas and Water Supply, the others are too rough (aggregated) to classify some activities, especially service.
(2) The national explanatory notes for classification is too simple.All the problems listed above will be solved in the new edition. |
| 21 | Users of the classification for non-statistical purposes
Please give the names of institutions that use the classification for non-statistical purposes (as opposed to statistical purposes in question 13). Also indicate the kind of use (e.g. tax offices, social security, customs, enterprise register etc.) | The main users are:
National Development Planning Commission,
National Economic & Trade Commission,
National Administration for Industry and Commerce (enterprise registry),
Ministry of Human Resources,
Ministry of Protection of Labor & Social Insurance,
State Administration of Taxation of PRC, etc.
Ministry of finance |
| 22 | Alternative classifications used by other institutions of the economy
Please indicate if these classifications are available and useful for the Statistical Office. | No |
| 23 | Are conversion tables between alternative and current classification available? | No |
| 24 | Name of former (previous) national classification
(full name in both national tongue and in English with acronyms in brackets, should be given) | 国民经济行业分类与代码
Industrial Classification and Codes for National Economic Activities (1984 released)
The title is the same as that of 1994. |
| 25 | Link of former classification to international classifcations | In reference to ISIC when first established in 1984. |
| 26 | Levels in the structure (of former classification) | Four levels. |
| 27 | Number of items at the most detailed level | 668 items. |
| 28 | Do conversion tables exist between former and current classification? | No, but there is a table attached to it as comparison between former and current classification.
We will have conversion table between new and current classification in new edition. |
| 29 | Date of implementation of former classification | 1984 |
| 30 | Which statistical data are currently collected or published according to the former classification?
Please indicate if this statistical data is collected or published by the Statistical Office or elsewhere. | Same as the current classification. |
