CREC Presents to Chinese Delegation at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia
October 28, 2015Martin Romitti presented to a delegation from China’s National Bureau of Statistics visiting George Mason University in Fairfax City, Virginia.
The 25 delegates included officials from the National Bureau as well as from several Provincial Bureaus of Statistics. Topics covered included federal data programs and how data is used for economic policy planning. Delegates were particularly interested in how data is collected in the US in comparison to their approach in China.
The National Bureau of Statistics of the People’s Republic of China or NBS is an agency within the State Council of the People’s Republic of China charged with the collection and publication of statistics related to the economy, population and society of the People’s Republic of China at national and local levels.