Statistical Data Distortion And The Basic-level Statistical Division Improvement

Statistics involves describing the statistical data and illustrating some development trend and the process of changes. In recent years, while the ages of planned economy have been away, multiple economies exist in the same society. The statistical tasks are all the more demanding, and all levels of governments are more strict with the timeliness, objectivity and authenticity of statistical data."Genuine and believable, instead of being false" is the foundation of the Statistical Division.However, the fact is that "figures are decided by the official, while the official benefit from the figures", which is due to the imperfect statistical system, dull statistical survey methods, the weak statistical foundation work and various understanding/misunderstanding levels of respondents. It is also very odd to find, to some extent, the phenomenon that "data lead to political achievement, and cadre stand out from political achievement", owing to the lack of relevant appraisal system. The standard and criteria in statistical division are different from those in other divisions, which make people think that they "are averaged","are surveyed" or "are increased". All mentioned above violate the aim of statistics that authentic and instructive information has to be provided to the government and society, and they violate its fundamental significance and goal. Therefore, it is of the utmost importance to improve the current situation, reform the statistical institution, apply the advanced technology to the statistical process, and better the quality, training and management of statisticians. Again, the division must obtain the first-hand information, monitor the statistical collection, sorting process, providing the Party, the governments and the society with highly reliable statistical data.The thesis is based on the author’s experience with a temporary post in a basic level of statistical division, where the author surveyed Bengbu City and county statistical divisions and even those in villages and towns. The thesis deals with the current statistical condition containing people, finance and tasks in the basic level of this division; it clarifies the adverse factors in the statistical division organization, statistical methods and survey methods. The thesis analyzes the reasons and risks of statistical data distortion, and proposes the methods to modify the system and strengthen the information technology in the division. It is expected to reform the statistical methods, enforce the basic institution framework and online registering system, that is, the Four Projects, improve the timeliness of statistics, and alleviate the burden in the basic level. All in all, it is to eliminate the "to be done" phenomenon in statistical data, provide the timely and accurate data to government and society, and to increase the public credibility in statistical divisions.