China Statistical Yearbook 2018 PDF Download

Yearbook title：中国统计年鉴2018
Yearbook English title：China Statistical Yearbook 2018
Publisher : China Statistics Press
Published Date : 9/2018
Frequency : Annually
Language : English and Chinese bilingual
ISBN/ISSN : 978-7-5037-8587-0
Availability : Printed Version；Electronic Version（PDF & CD）

Ⅰ.China Statistical Yearbook 2018 is an annual statistical publication,which reflects comprehensively the economic and socialdevelopment of China.It covers data for 2017 and key statistical data in recent years and some historically important years at thenational level and the local levels of province,autonomous region and municipality directly under the Central Government. Ⅱ.The Yearbook contains twenty-eight chapters:1.General Survey;2.Population;3.National Accounts;4.Employment andWages;5.Prices;6.People’s Living Conditions;7.Government Finance;8.Resources and Environment;9.Energy;10.Investmentin Fixed Assets;11.Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation;12.Agriculture;13.Industry;14.Construction;15.Wholesale andRetail Trades;16.Transport,Postal and Telecommunication Services,and Software Industry;17.Hotels,Catering Services andTourism;18.Financial Intermediation;19.Real Estate;20.Science and Technology;21.Education;22.Public Health and SocialServices;23.Culture and Sports;24.Public Management,Social Security and Social Organizations;25.Urban,Rural and RegionalDevelopment;26.Main Social and Economic Indicators of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region(SAR);27.Main Social andEconomic Indicators of Macao Special Administrative Region(SAR);28.Main Social and Economic Indicators of Taiwan Province.One chapter listed as Appendix is Main Social and Economic Indicators of Other Countries/Regions. To facilitate readers,the Brief Introduction at the beginning of each chapter provides a summary of the main contents of thechapter,data sources,statistical scope,statistical methods and historical changes.At the end of each chapter,Explanatory Notes onMain Statistical Indicators are included. Ⅲ.The national data in this book do not include those of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region,the Macao SpecialAdministrative Region and Taiwan Province,except for the divisions of administrative areas,the area of the national territory andforest resources and otherwise specified.In accordance with the principles set down in the Basic Law of Hong Kong SpecialAdministrative Region,and the Basic Law of Macao Special Administrative Region,statistically Hong Kong,Macao and themainland of China are three mutually independent regions,each following its own and different statistical systems and legalprovisions in conducting statistical operations independently.Statistics on the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and theMacao Special Administrative Region as included in this yearbook are provided by the Census and Statistics Department of theGovernment of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Statistics and Census Service of the Government of MacaoSpecial Administrative Region respectively;and are edited by the National Bureau of Statistics. Ⅳ.Eastern region,central region,western region and northeastern region in the Yearbook are divided as following: Eastern 10 provinces(municipalities) include:Beijing,Tianjin,Hebei,Shanghai,Jiangsu,Zhejiang,Fujian,Shandong,Guangdong and Hainan; Central 6 provinces include:Shanxi,Anhui,Jiangxi,Henan,Hubei and Hunan; Western 12 provinces(autonomous regions and municipalities) include:Inner Mongolia,Guangxi,Chongqing,Sichuan,Guizhou,Yunnan,Tibet,Shaanxi,Gansu,Qinghai,Ningxia and Xinjiang; Northeastern 3 provinces include:Liaoning,Jilin and Heilongjiang. Ⅴ.The units of measurement used in the Yearbook are internationally standard measurement units,and newly published andimplemented Product Categories are uniformly used. Ⅵ.Please refer to the newly published version of the Yearbook for updated historical data.Statistical discrepancies on totals andrelative figures due to rounding are not adjusted in the Yearbook. Ⅶ.Notations used in the Yearbook:(blank space) indicates that the data are unknown,or are not available;”#” indicates amajor breakdown of the total;and “*”or “①”indicates footnotes at the end of the table.About the notations in the chapters of HongKong SAR and Macao SAR,please refer to the brief introduction in relevant chapters. Ⅷ.In comparison with China Statistical Yearbook 2017,following revisions have been made in this new version in terms ofthe statistical contents and in editing:Of the chapter “National Accounts”,indicators of exports of goods and services,imports ofgoods and services,2015 Input-Output table are added.Of the chapter “Employment and Wages”,figures from State Administrationfor Market Regulation are listed separately,relevant table frames are adjusted.Of the chapter “Resources and Environment”,indicators of ensured reserves of minerals are deleted.Of the chapter “Investment in Fixed Assets”,tables of Floor Space ofBuildings under Construction and Completed,Construction Size of Main Production Capacity are deleted.Of the chapter “Foreigntrade and Economic Cooperation”,indicators of export and import of services in RMB are added.Of the chapter “Agriculture”,according to the result of the Third National Agricultural Census,relevant historical data are revised.Of the chapter “FinancialIntermediation”,table of share issued is adjusted.Of the chapter “Education”,table of Number of Students of Non-formal Educationis added.Of the chapter “Public Health and Social Services”,table of Statistics on Community Service Facilities and Social Workersis deleted.Of the chapter “Culture and Sports”,table of Technology Statistics on Radio and TV is deleted.Of the chapter “Urban,Rural and Regional Development”,table of Level of Municipal Public Facilities of Built-up Area of Towns is deleted.