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The 32nd Japanese Statistical Mission to China (October 2025)
The 32nd Japanese Statistical Mission to China headed by Mr. KURIHARA Naoki, Director-General, Statistical Research and Training Institute (SRTI), Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), visited China from October 20 to 24, 2025.
The mission visited the National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBS) and after exchanging greetings with Ms. RUAN Jianhong, Deputy Commissioner of the NBS, they engaged in lively discussions with the NBS staff concerning statistical human resource development, promotion of online surveys, and development of the systematic maintenance of business statistics and rationalization of the implementation system.
In addition, the mission visited Sichuan Province and exchanged information about statistical works in local area with Mr. JIANG Yong, Deputy Director-General of the Sichuan Provincial Bureau of Statistics.
The SBJ and the NBS have been cooperating with each other through the exchange of statistical missions almost every year since 1980. The missions aim to develop official statistics of both countries, and have served as opportunities to discuss the experiences and challenges between the two offices with regard to a wide range of statistical issues, such as organization, surveys, tabulation and data provision, and circumstances of local statistical organizations.
The members of the 32nd mission were as follows:
Mr. KURIHARA Naoki, Director-General, SRTI
Mr. HOSHINO Ken, Senior Planning Officer, Information Utilization Planning Office, Statistics Bureau
Mr. YOSHIDA Atsushi, Deputy Director, Economic Statistics Division, Statistical Survey Department, Statistics Bureau
Mr. EHARA Katsuhisa, Director, Corporate Development Division, General Affairs Department, National Statistics Center
Visit to the NBS 1
Visit to the NBS 2
Visit to the Sichuan Province 1
Visit to the Sichuan Province 2
