What is the latest situation of our country's economy?

The fifth national economic census will be launched in 2023.

This census will be the first to carry out an overall survey of input and output, comprehensively investigate the development scale, layout and benefits of my country's secondary and tertiary industries, find out the basic conditions of various units, and grasp the economic connections among national economic industries.

　　The economic census is a major national condition and national strength survey, and it forms three periodic national census items together with the population census and the agricultural census.

It is also a complex systematic project that requires careful planning, organization and arrangement, and the joint participation of all parties to complete it.

The national economic census is conducted every five years.

Our country has carried out four times in 2004, 2008, 2013 and 2018 respectively.

　　How does the national economic census conduct an inventory of the economic background, and what are the biggest changes, highlights and significance of this census?

The fifth national economic census still focuses on all legal entities, industrial activity units and self-employed households engaged in secondary industry and tertiary industry activities in my country, which can be said to be fully covered.

　　In the past few years, my country's industry has undergone great changes, and some emerging industries have sprung up like mushrooms. In particular, the role of the digital economy in the national economy has become more and more important, and its proportion is getting higher and higher.

The scale of the digital economy has ranked second in the world for many years in a row, growing from 11 trillion yuan in 2012 to 45.5 trillion yuan in 2021, and its proportion in GDP has increased from 21.6% to 39.8%.

The core industry of the digital economy should be the focus of this investigation, especially as a number of new formats and models have emerged in recent years. We need to find out our background and know what we are doing, so as to provide information for future industry development and scientific planning and decision-making. Solid statistics foundation.

　　The work has actually started ahead of schedule.

Since June this year, 14 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) including Beijing, Liaoning, Jiangsu, and Guangdong have carried out special pilot projects, strengthened the statistical monitoring of the core industries of the digital economy, and strengthened the statistical monitoring of new consumption led by new formats and models.

　　As we all know, the National Bureau of Statistics publishes macroeconomic data every month, but most of these data are carried out in the form of spot checks or voluntary reports by various localities, while the national economic census is a systematic and comprehensive investigation of various localities, strengthening the pre-event and post-event. Data quality inspection and verification to effectively ensure that the census data is true, accurate, complete and credible.

　　This census includes input and output into the scope of the survey for the first time, so as to realize the coordination of economic aggregate and structural data and improve the effectiveness of the census, which has important practical significance.

What is the effect of input and output, whether the use of funds is good steel, and whether it will play an important role in promoting industrial structure adjustment, transformation and upgrading, and high-quality development in the future? This investigation must be used to find out the situation.

Promote the census in a scientific, standardized and efficient manner, innovate means and methods, and fully understand the economic operation status in the new era and the new changes and new characteristics of economic and social development. This will provide scientific and accurate statistical information support for economic and social development, and provide a strong basis for scientific decision-making. support.

　　(Text丨Xu Hongcai, deputy director of the Economic Policy Committee of the China Policy Science Research Association)

　　(CCTV news client)