ESTABLISHMENT OF A UNIFORM STATISTICAL SYSTEM FOR ADMINISTRATION OF THE PEOPLE'S ECONOMY IN NORTH KOREA

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 22, 2011
• Sequence Number: 128
• Publication Date: October 3, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
REPORT
INFORMA710id FROFi
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BRO/'.DCASTS CD NO.
COUNTRY North :uorea
SUBJECT Political
HOW
PUBLISHED Irregular government publication
WHERE
PUBLISHED' Pyongyang
. DATE
PUBLISHED 3o Dec 1948
LANGUAGE Koran
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DATE OF
INFORMATION 1948
DATE DIST. 3 ?eti 1950
N0. OF PAGES 2
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT N0.
THIS IS UNEVALUA'~D INFORMATION
Aaekak Konaoo (Official Cabinet Announcements), No 4, 1948, rl~Ocratic,
People's Republic of Korea.
SSTABL7SH~NT OF 'A UNIFOR!( STATISTICAL 3YSTEE(
FOR ADMI1fISTRATION OF THS P$OPLB'S BCONOIlY IN NORTH KOfiBA
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According to Cabinet Decision No 99, the tlabinet of the Democratic People's
Republic of?Korea has decided to establish a uniform statistical system to keep
accurate records of .the administration of the people's econo~y and related ai-
faira, and to protect state-owned properties and the secrecy attached thereto.
The standard statistical system, as set forth below shall be used whenever the
st?~uYty' covers the subjects listed below:
1. People's economic program and records of its accomplishment
3. Natural resources
4. Production capacities and production facilities
5.. 3tockpilea of raw materials and consumption thereof
E, Rlectr$.c power and facilities
7. Agricultural, forestry, marine, and livestock production
8. Acreage of woodlands snd faT??liaT,ap
9. Amount of food available in the state
10. Sea and ]and transgortation YacilitieB end amount of freight
11. Communications works and facilities
12. Domestic and foseign?trad^
13f Commodity prices_~
14. Highv~y, river, bridge, and port facil~Eies and the extent of the-
use of these facilities
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15. Manpower and wages
15. Social insurance
' 17. Education
18. Public health facilities
19? Cultural facilities
20. State budgets, taxes and state revenue, and the amount expended
for people's economy
21. Current state and degree of consumption of the state-Darned assEts
22. Conditions of money and credit
23. Flood and other natural disasters
2~F. Supply and demand of resources under the people's economic program
1. Authcrized government agencies may undertake periodic statistical sur-
veys of the subjects listed above, through the offices under their ,jurisdictions
(provincial, city, and county people's committees), by using the etsadard_ata-
tistical methods and forma approved by the Cabinet and registered at the o~fioe
of the State Planning Board. All the agency instructions incident~:.to the exe-
cution of statistical surveys must be approved by the Cabinet and recorded at
the office of the State Planning Board.
2. If Rtiy of the offices in the provincial, city, or county people'a com-
mittees plena to undertake, without a specific instruction From tae giiv6Fiunout
agency, a statistical study of the above-listed subjects, it must consult the
provincial, city, or county planning board where such plsas will be recorded;
and obtain approval Yrom the chairman of the people's committee concerned. ~h1a
rule shall not apply to a study of a temporary nature initiated by the provin-
c1a1, city, or county offices for their own needs. .
3. The undertaking ox a statistical survey of the above-listed sub~ecta
by 'organizations other than government agencies or people's committees must be
approves?. in advance by the State Planning Board.
4. Releasing classified statistical data to the public must be approved:
in advance, as follows:
e. If the data is of national significance, approval for its release
must be granted by 'the State Planning Board. ,
b. If the data is of local significance,.the approval must be granted
by the 'local ple:aning board.
c. The approval for release of data limited to the conditions of the
government enterprises (including state-operated farms and enterprises operated
by'the,Burgau of Railways, Ministry of Communications, etc.) may be granted
direct:~y by the agency oftiCials in charge of statiatics.to,the ertent that it?
sloes nqt disclose secret information. Unauthorized release of classified data
is ~prohlbited. ~ .
:This decision
People's Committee
shall supersede, as of 29 December 19b8, the ftorth Korean
Decision No 31, dated 6 May 191F7. ~ '
For the Cabinet of the
Democra?;.ic Peoples Republic of Korea
Kim I1-song, Premier
Chong Chun-t'aek, Chairman, State Planning Board
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