■ Our reporter Shi Xiaoyu
To accelerate the realization of the grand goal of serving Chinese modernization with statistical modernization, statistical informatization construction is an important foundation and guarantee. Facing the new situation and new requirements in the new era and new journey, the party group of the National Bureau of Statistics seized the historical opportunity of the development of information technology in the whole society, worked out the layout for the construction of statistical informatization, defined the "three-step" implementation path of statistical cloud project, smart statistics phase I project and smart statistics phase II project, and promoted the construction of smart statistics project; Statistical departments at all levels throughout the country have conscientiously implemented the requirements for the reform of statistical modernization during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period and the deployment of the national statistical work conference, courageously shouldered and overcome difficulties, and made every effort to promote the construction of major projects and key tasks of statistical informatization, and made important progress in the construction of statistical informatization.
New breakthroughs have been made in the construction of statistical cloud project.
Statistical cloud project is the key task to promote the reform of statistical modernization during the 14 th Five-Year Plan period, and it is the basic project to promote the digital transformation of statistical work and the construction of intelligent statistics.
Based on long-term planning and careful design, the National Bureau of Statistics has compiled and completed the overall design scheme for the project implementation. On the basis of extensive investigation, it has put forward the main objectives of statistical cloud construction and defined the key tasks for the development and construction of statistical cloud "233" project. Do a good job in refining the requirements of application systems, spend a lot of time and energy together with various professions to design requirements, standardize the design of system management platform, systematically sort out the data collection and processing flow, accurately locate the functions of data management system, dig deep into the requirements of big data management, continuously optimize the design of application management platform, fully analyze and study the future business requirements of various professions, and provide basic guarantee for developing useful and effective systems.
On the basis of full argumentation and in-depth research, the National Bureau of Statistics took the lead in applying all domestic software and hardware products in the statistical cloud project, building the computer room of the National Unification Center, integrating the cloud resources of the National Bureau of Statistics’ data disaster recovery center, and building a statistical cloud basic cloud platform to realize centralized scheduling and management of basic resources. Complete the prototype design, function development and integrated deployment of the application system, and realize all the requirements put forward in the business requirement design stage; With the help of the whole system, several rounds of system testing were carried out, and the business backbones of various professional divisions, local bureaus and national investigation teams deeply participated in the three stages of testing, including full-process function, professional "fine decoration" and local "immersive experience", and the stability and usability of the system were gradually improved.
Since February, 2021, it has been officially put into construction. After nearly three years of unremitting efforts, the construction of statistical cloud project has made a comprehensive breakthrough, achieving the "seven firsts" such as the first domestic technology platform, the first large-scale application in census, the first comprehensive business process, the first comprehensive platformization, the first unified customization system, the first large-scale application of big data and machine learning technology, and the first one-click generation of statistical yearbook, which is of great significance in the history of statistical informatization construction in China.
Promoting the launch of statistical cloud services in batches and sections as a whole
The construction task of statistical cloud project has been basically completed, and 2024 is a crucial year for the full online operation of the application system. The National Bureau of Statistics has formulated the online operation work arrangement of the statistical cloud application system, which will promote the online business in batches and stages in accordance with the requirements of "one mature one, one online one".
According to the work arrangement, in March-April this year, a comprehensive pilot project of statistical cloud system management platform business will be organized, and in March-June, a comprehensive pilot project of statistical cloud statistical investigation system business will be carried out, which will fully guarantee the online operation of statistical investigation business in statistical cloud platform networked direct reporting system. Special pilot projects on statistical services will also be launched in various places in the first half of the year.
The statistical cloud business application system covers the main statistical business processes, involving almost all professional business work, covering statistical institutions at all levels in the country and most statistical survey objects, which is related to the overall situation of statistical production. The National Bureau of Statistics issued the "Notice on Developing the Construction of Provincial Nodes for Online Direct Reporting of Statistical Cloud Engineering" and supporting technical specifications to promote the construction of provincial nodes for online direct reporting by provincial statistical offices.
According to the requirements, provincial statistical bureaus with local investigation tasks should complete the construction or adaptation of data collection nodes, better undertake local investigation tasks in the region, strictly implement the network security responsibility system and data security responsibility system, and assume the responsibility of provincial node security construction and management. All investigation teams should fully cooperate with the comprehensive pilot of each business in the state of "actual combat", organize business training, and make full use of the achievements of statistical cloud engineering construction to carry out data processing. The provincial statistical bureaus and investigation corps will do their best to do a good job in the trial operation of the business, to ensure that the statistical production is continuous, stable and uninterrupted during the transition period of the parallel operation of the new and old systems, and to ensure that there are no problems and hidden dangers in the statistical network and data security.
Developing the overall design of smart statistics based on the future
Intelligent statistical work bears the dream of contemporary statisticians, is an important starting point for promoting statistical modernization, and is a major event in the current statistical system. As a landmark project of statistical modernization reform, smart statistics is not only a multi-dimensional upgrade and all-round promotion of statistical cloud engineering, but also a major change in statistical production methods and institutional mechanisms.
At the National Conference on Statistical Network Security and Informatization held recently, Sheng Laiyun, member of the Party Group and Deputy Director of the National Bureau of Statistics, comprehensively summarized the statistical network security and informatization work in the past three years, analyzed the situation and challenges faced by statistical informatization work, systematically introduced the smart statistical work, and made clear the direction and key tasks of statistical informatization construction in the future.
2024 is the year of laying the foundation for in-depth planning of wisdom statistics. On the one hand, we must continue to promote the project establishment of the first phase of smart statistics. The National Bureau of Statistics will improve the relevant project documents of the first phase of Smart Statistics, and do a good job in feasibility studies such as the construction of electronic statistical ledgers, classified networks, and disaster recovery systems. On the other hand, it is necessary to carefully plan the second-phase construction plan of smart statistics. The National Bureau of Statistics will continue to deepen and improve the second-phase construction plan of smart statistics, and further promote the deep integration of modern information technologies such as the Internet, big data, cloud computing, Internet of Things, blockchain, artificial intelligence and spatial information with statistical services. At the same time, provincial statistical agencies are encouraged to try first, and use modern information technology to innovate and optimize the digital management of statistical data collection, cleaning, review, summary, analysis, release, display and push, so as to accumulate experience for the construction of national smart statistics.
There are many dangers and obstacles ahead, and there are thousands of mountains to break through. Modern information technology provides a new means for the innovation and development of statistical informatization construction, and the "three-step" strategy of intelligent statistical construction paints a new blueprint for statistical informatization. The statistical department will gather wisdom and cohesion, accelerate the digital transformation of statistical work, create innovative, safe and efficient smart statistics, and make the beautiful blueprint of smart statistics become a reality as soon as possible.