Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang and Mr. Paul Cheung
Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang met with the
Director-Generals of national statistical offices from 30 countries and international organizations. more..
Mr. Paul Cheung, honoured with the
'2010 UN21 Award'
The Secretary-General honours Mr. Paul Cheung with the '2010 UN21 Award'.
Mr. Paul Cheung meets Malaysian Minister of Natural Resources
International Symposium on Spatially Enabled Government and Society.
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Mr. Paul Cheung, honoured with the 'African Statistics Award'
The African Statistics Fraternity honours Mr. Paul Cheung with the 'African Statistics Award'.
China Invites Professor Paul Cheung as Senior Adviser
The National Bureau of Statistics, China invites Professor Paul Cheung as senior adviser to the Bureau.
Honorary Doctorate Degree
conferred on Director of UNSD
Professor Cheung
being congratulated by
Mr. P. Byambatseren, Chairman of Mongolia's National Statistical Office after receiving the Honorary Doctorate Degree.more..
Office of the Director United Nations Statistics Division
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30 Chief Statisticians called on Vice Premier Li Keqiang of China
On 28th September, 2011, Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang met with the Director-Generals of national statistical offices from 30 countries and international organizations who were attending the International Forum on Monitoring National Development: Issues and Challenges.
Vice Premier Li Keqiang pointed out that difficulties in the current international economic environment and observed that the level of uncertainties have increased significantly. Under these circumstances, strengthening the monitoring of statistics and providing correct, complete and timely information would offer a scientific basis for decision-making.
The international forum was jointly organized by the National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBS), the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) and the World Bank (WB), from 27 to 29 September 2011 in Beijing, China. The Forum focused on problems and challenges in monitoring national development. Participants from over 50 countries and international organizations had in-depth discussions on how to better apply statistics to monitoring a country's economic growth, social development and environmental changes. They also discussed priority issues in official statistics in monitoring national development and an action plan for the global statistical community.
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Development Indicators -
Seminar in Memory of Ian Castles
World Statistics Day Observance at the
UN Pavilion of Shanghai Expo 2010 -
Part 1
World Statistics Day Observance at the
UN Pavilion of Shanghai Expo 2010 - Part 2
