China statistics bureau called out for profiting from data


  • World
  • Wednesday, 27 Apr 2016

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Communist Party anti-graft watchdog said on Wednesday that hundreds of staff working for the country's statistics bureau have been using data for personal gain, including collecting fees for providing information and other services.

The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection listed a series of problems at China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), including a failure of statistical measurements to keep pace with the development of China's economy.

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