Employment and Wages

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Data on basic conditions of employment, total wage bills of staff, and workers are collected and compiled through The Reporting Form System on Labor Statistics, The Sample Survey System on Labor Force, and The System of Rural Social and Economic Surveys by the Department of Population and Employment Statistics, NBS. The Reporting Form System on Labor Statistics covers corporate units (does not include township enterprises, private units, or self-employed individuals). The scope of survey and estimate of The Sample Survey System on Labor Force are the whole country. The scope of statistics in the chapter is the population aged 16 and over of the whole country. The System of Rural Social and Economic Surveys covers all rural areas below township level in China.

Data on the number of registered unemployed persons in urban areas are collected through The Reporting Form System on Training and Employment Statistics, which is provided by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security. The Reporting Form System covers all agencies and units providing employment services. Data on the number of employed persons in private enterprises and self-employed individuals are provided by the State Administration for Industry and Commerce. The scope of statistics on private enterprises and self-employed individuals covers the whole country.

A complete reporting form system from lower-level statistical bureaus to higher-level statistical bureaus is used in the labor statistics. The Sample Survey on Labor Force is conducted by using sampling methods. Statistics on training, employment, private enterprises, and self-employed individuals are collected and compiled on the basis of administrative registering records.