1. Statistical Information Management Program (SIMP II) By Roger Jullion (Statistics Canada) OECD/NBS Workshop on National Accounts Haikou, China December 2009

2. Background of Statistics Canada project • Statistical Information Management Program (SIMPII) • Project began in September 2006...6 year project • Three sub-projects • Environment statistics • Social Statistics • Economic Statistics • Business survey component • National accounts component Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada

3. Environmental Statistics • Assist NBS in enhancing its environment statistics program, including the creation and development of environmental accounts • Suited to China conditions and national priorities • Uses internationally recognized and adopted concepts • An analysis of data availability has been undertaken to reveal data gaps • Priority data gaps being addressed by surveys • Specific accounts have been created for mineral resources, energy resources and pollution emissions • Initial results being compiled for three provinces Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada

4. Environmental Statistics • Providing environmental accounting training and guidance • Workshop organized in collaboration with Chongqing Provincial Bureau of Statistics on Environment Accounting Systems who are producing pilot account • Methodology was prepared on how to calculate the hybrid emissions and energy accounts • Working on a Environment Protection Expenditure survey framework in the Chinese context • New division “National Assets and Resources-Environment Accounting” Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada

5. Social Statistics Project: • Survey objectives: • To develop and carry out an integrated urban and rural household income and expenditure survey • Survey processes: • Put together an integrated sampling frame • Address the challenges of effectively surveying the mobile population • Integrate the urban and rural survey questionnaires • Standardize data processing (including editing, checking, supplementing and weighting) Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada

6. Social Statistics Project: • Survey objectives: • Pilot survey was conducted in: • Beijing • Zhejiang province • Henan province • Sichuan province • Microdata and pilot design analysis is currently ongoing • Sample rotation from pilot being evaluated • Integrated diary / questionnaire also being evaluated • Training in automated edit, imputation, weighting Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada

7. Economic Statistics: Business surveys • Overall objective is to develop a General Integrated Framework for Business Surveys, meeting China’s conditions and be suitable for economy-wide implementation • A generic pilot survey was carried out in two regions for three industries: • Information transmission, computer services and software • Household services • Leasing and business services Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada

8. Economic Statistics: Business surveys • Work is underway to expand the pilot surveys for two additional regions and five industries: • Road and water transportation • Wholesale and retail trade • Real estate • Entertainment • Social Welfare Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada

9. Economic Statistics: Business surveys • Survey objectives: • Survey challenges for self-employed and small size enterprises • Test performance of the newly developed Business Register • Questionnaire design and user needs (national accounts) • Test sampling methods • Test standardized process of collection and data entry • Improve automated edit and imputation system • Assess effectiveness of survey management model Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada

10. Economic Statistics: Business surveys • Survey objectives: • Test for availability and quality of administrative data as an alternative source for data to measure production value added • Agreement to use administrative data from the Department responsible for TV, Broadcasting and Radio in order to reduce respondent burden • Test the systems infrastructure Statistics Canada • Statistique Canada