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CHINA-ECONOMY: CHINA TO LAUNCH ITS FIFTH NATIONAL ECONOMIC CENSUS NEXT YEAR

China will officially launch its fifth national economic census next year, which aims to take a complete survey of the country’s secondary and tertiary industries. Announcing this National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) director Kang Yi warned against economic data fabrication. The 9 Liaoning Daily (August 9 & 10) quoted him saying during a symposium on August 9 that “[We must] build strong dams to prevent and punish statistical fraud and falsification.”