What is National Bureau of Statistics of China?
{{Infobox government agency |agency_name = National Bureau of Statistics |nativename = {{nobold|{{lang|zh-hans|国家统计局}}}} |nativename_a = |nativename_r = {{small|''Guójiā Tǒngjìjú''}} |logo = |logo_width = |logo_caption = |seal = |seal_width = |seal_caption = |formed = 7 August 1952 |headquarters = [[Xicheng District]], [[Beijing]] |employees = |budget = |chief1_name = [[Ning Jizhe]] |chief1_position = Director |chief2_name = |chief2_position = |parent_agency = [[State Council of the People's Republic of China]] |child1_agency = |child2_agency = |website = [http://www.stats.gov.cn/english/ www.stats.gov.cn] |footnotes = }} {{Chinese |title = National Bureau of Statistics |s = 国家统计局 |t = 國家統計局 |p = Guójiā Tǒngjìjú |order = st }} The '''National Bureau of Statistics''' ({{zh|s=国家统计局}}), abbreviated as '''NBS''', is the main [[government agency|agency]] of the [[People's Republic of China]] that works with [[statistics]] about the [[Economy of China|economy]] and [[Population of China|population]] of China. [[Ning Jizhe]] has been in charge of the bureau since 2016. == Responsibilities == The bureau's [[authority]] and [[responsibity|responsibilities]] are listed in ''China's Statistics Law''. It is responsible for the research of the nation's overall statistics. It is also in charge of the actions of local agencies that also work with statistics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stats.gov.cn/english/LF/SL/201209/t20120921_27177.html|title=Statistics Law of the People's Republic of China|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200421000238/http://www.stats.gov.cn/english/LF/SL/201209/t20120921_27177.html|archive-date=2020-04-21|url-status=live}}</ref> === Commissioner === The current commissioner is [[Ning Jizhe]]. He became commissioner in February 2016. *[[Xue Muqiao]] (August 1952 – November 1958) *[[Jia Qiyun]] (November 1958 – June 1961) *[[Wang Sihua]] (June 1961 – December 1969) *[[Chen Xian (