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People oriented, with concern for
people’s well-being
— the new focal points of the statistical work of Shenzhen
KONG Ailing (Ms) and WU Jianming,
Survey Office in Shenzhen National Bureau of Statistics of
China
Content
Concern for people's well-being is the new focal point of
Shenzhen government and its urban statistical work
(I) Shenzhen Efficiency Statistical Indicators System
was constructed
(II) Shenzhen Citizen Welfare Indicators System was
constructed
(III) Shenzhen urban statistical work centering on
“concern for people’s well-being” was carried out
I. An emerging city - Shenzhen (adjacent to Hong Kong)
 Before 1979: a fishing village with a
population of 310,000
 1980: the first special economic zone of
China
 2007:
a. population: 8,620,000;
b. per capita GDP: US$ 10,628, ranking
No.1 among Chinese mainland cities
c. city's comprehensive strength ranked
No.1 in mainland China
 Received various awards in environmental
protection
II. New focal point of the statistical work of Shenzhen–
concerning for people’s well-being
 Shenzhen municipal government: takes issues related to the
direct benefits of the people as major work targets
 The statistical departments:
1. collect, organize and provide information on the
basic conditions of the economy and social development
of the city
2. include a series of tasks advocated by the government
in terms of “people-oriented, with concern for people’s
well-being” into their programs
(a) Shenzhen Efficiency Statistical Indicators System
1. Background：In 2005, the Shenzhen Efficiency Statistical
Indicators System was set up, as a result of the
transformation from “Fast Shenzhen” to “Efficient
Shenzhen”
 Seeking for transformation of economic growth
pattern: From the simple pursuit of GDP growth in the past
to the present development models designed strictly in
accordance with the scientific perspective of development
 Establishing scientific “Efficient Shenzhen” indicator
system to mobilize the enthusiasm of the city and
describe the new development：To conduct monitoring
on the implementation of “Efficient Shenzhen”
(a) Shenzhen Efficiency Statistical Indicators System
“Efficient Shenzhen” composite index
Economic benefits
Social benefits
Ecological benefits
1.G D P o u t p u t f r o m p e r s q u a r e
kilometer of land
2.Labor productivity of the whole
society
3.Energy consumption for each 10
thousand Yuan GDP
4.Water consumption for each 10
thousand Yuan GDP
5.Industrial and economic efficiency
composite index
6.Added value from high and new-tech
products as a percentage of GDP
7.Added value of logistics industry as a
percentage of GDP
8.Added value of financial industry as
a percentage of GDP
9.Added value of cultural industry as a
percentage of GDP
1.Fiscal
educational
layout as a
percentage of
GDP
2.Registered
urban
unemployment
rate at the year
end
3.Composite
rate for social
insurance
participation
1.GDP (after
deduction of
environmental loss
costs incurred by
economic
development) as a
percentage of original
GDP
2.Air pollution
composite index
3.Pollution treatment
index
4.Urban sewage
centralized treatment
rate
Human
development
1.Per capita
years being
educated
2.Average
expected life of
the population
3.Per capital
disposable
income
(a) Shenzhen Efficiency Statistical Indicators System
2. Statistical practice:
 On May 10, 2006, the indicator system and its corresponding
statistical forms became statutory returns, and were formally
included in the national economic accounting system of
Shenzhen
 In 2006, the composite indicator of “Efficient Shenzhen” was
114.1 up 5.7 percentage points over 2005
 The practice of the indicators system has effectively promoted
the economic and social efficiency
 The ecological environment, social infrastructure and human
development have been greatly improved
(b) Shenzhen Citizen Welfare Indicators System
1. Background：In December 2006, against the well-being issues
mostly concerned by the public, the municipal government
proposed and passed the Shenzhen Citizen Welfare Indicators
System
 The ideas for creating the “Shenzhen Citizen Welfare Indicators
System” are :
1. The wealth growth is an important foundation of citizen
welfare
2. The Government’s provision of effective public goods and
public services is an important condition to protect peopleoriented and social justice
3. The government should pay attention to all the people’s
sense of security, education, health and social living
conditions
 On February 26, 2007, the city government promulgated
the “Implementation Methods for Statistics of Shenzhen
Citizen Welfare Indicators System”
 The statistical department incorporates the Citizen
Welfare Indicators System into the local statistical
system, quantities the requirements of people’s well-being
through the statistical data
(b) Shenzhen Citizen Welfare Indicators System
Shenzhen Citizen Welfare Indicators
Income distribution
and fairness
1.Growth rate of
per capita
disposable
income
2.Gini coefficient
Safety level
Social security level
1.Overstandard rate of
major agricultural
products quality
monitoring
2.Qualification rate of
medicine safety
sampling check
3.Number of days
reaching I orⅡ air
quality
4.Qualification rate of
major drinking water
source and water
quality
5.Death rate in traffic
accidents
1.Registered urban
unemployment rate
2.Number of zero
employment households
3.Employment rate of the
year’s graduates
4.Comprehensive
participation rate of social
insurance
5.Participation rate of labor
workers for labor injury
6.Participation rate of labor
workers for medical
insurance
7.Social security and
employment spending as a
percentage of fiscal layout
8.Donation money from the
society
Comprehensive
human developmet
level
1.Fiscal
1.Per capita years
expenditures for
being educated
education, science,
2.Per capita
culture and sports
hours for staff
as a percentage of
training
fiscal layout
3.Per capita
2.Fiscal investment number of books
for environmental
in the library
protection as a
percentage of fiscal
layout
3.Fiscal
expenditure for
public facility
construction as a
percentage of fiscal
layout
Public service
level
(b) Shenzhen Citizen Welfare Indicators System
2. Implementation:
 The statistical departments will be responsible for formulating
survey systems, relevant methods and statistical returns
according to statutory procedures, conducting training, collecting
relevant statistical data and carrying out statistical monitoring
 The indicators system would become the basis for decision
making in the work of the Party and government organizations of
the city; a measuring scale for working performance; and a
standard for deciding whether government departments are doing
effective work for the people
 The composite indicator of Shenzhen Citizen Welfare Indicators
System in 2006 was 107 (taking 2005 as the base year)
（c） Shenzhen urban statistical work centering
on “concern for people’s well-being”
1. Innovating and improving the survey system and method for
statistics
 Enhancing the monitoring system for statistics on residents’
individual income
 Enhancing the data collection for price surveys and the
compilation of CPI
 Expanding data collection channels for various types of
producers prices
 Promoting the use of information technology and enhancing the
communication with the business and the community through
Internet
2. Organizing statistical surveys on issues related to concern for
people’s well-being
 Residents’ livelihood:
such as survey on life quality of rural workers, survey on urban labor
workers, survey on labour workers flow between city and town and their
life quality, and survey on domestic tourism of urban residents
 Safety level:
such as sample survey on the satisfaction with public safety in Shenzhen
and survey on the perception of safety of Guangdong people
 Economic development:
such as survey on employment situation of enterprises, survey on the
development of outsourced service industry and the pilot work on the first
green GDP compilation for the whole city
 Public services:
such as survey on public services in Chinese cities, survey on
“Implementing Program for the Establishment and Improvement of a
Corruption Punishing and Prevention System Which Emphasizes
Education, Institution and Supervision”
3. Products from statistical surveys based on concern
for people’s well-being
 Shenzhen Survey: mainly includes analysis and study
on social and economic matters
 Highlights of Shenzhen Survey Results:
focuses on
concise, key and quick survey results, striking a good
balance among speed, precision and accuracy
III. Concluding remarks
Shenzhen is an emerging migration city. Its urban
statistical work is just starting. In particular, public opinion
surveys and the urban statistical survey work on issues
concerning people’s well-being are still in the stage of
exploration.
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