Economic census reveals extent of over-inflated reporting
The census which showed the national economy is 17 per cent bigger than previously thought has also revealed the output of 12 provinces to be smaller than they have been reporting.
'The gross domestic product figures for 12 provinces will be revised downwards,' the official Economic Information Daily said, citing the primary results of the first economic census.
On Monday, the National Bureau of Statistics revised average annual gross domestic product growth up by 0.5 per cent for the period from 1993 and 2004 to reflect the results of the census.
Mainland statistics have traditionally been questioned for their reliability, with GDP statistics at the national level differing significantly from the sum of provincial GDPs.
In 2004, the growth rate drawn from the sum of GDP figures submitted by provincial authorities was 3.9 percentage points higher than the national rate of 9.5 per cent arrived at by the bureau.
As a result of the revisions, the economic rankings of 12 of the nation's 31 provinces, regions and municipalities had changed, the Xinhua-affiliated daily reported.
