Senior statistician [Xu Xianchun] explains China's GDP accounting — Jia Yuxuan and Zichen Wang

Xu Xianchun talks about the improvement and limitations of Chinese government statistics and how to read them.

There is no shortage of suspicions and questions directed toward China’s official statistics and the government organ behind it - the National Bureau of Statistics. Recently, Xu Xianchun, currently a Research Fellow at the National School of Development at Peking University and formerly a senior statistician published the book 透视中国政府统计数据：理解与应用 A Probe into China’s Official Statistics: Comprehension and Utilization. Between Peking University and his government experience, Xu was a Professor at the Department of Economics, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University.

The following is an interview of Xu with the Economic Observer newspaper, in which Xu illustrated how government statistics become prone to skepticism. His main ideas are summarized into chapter titles for better understanding....

The East Is Read
Senior statistician explains China's GDP accounting
Jia Yuxuan and Zichen Wang