This guide is an in-depth listing of Chinese Studies resources available to students and faculty at the University of Minnesota.
Statistics
- China Data Online This link opens in a new windowFrom the China Data Center at the University of Michigan, this database has current and historical statistics on population and economics at the national, provincial and local level.
- China Geo-Explorer IIChina demographic and economic data, maps, charts and reports in the web-based delivery system. Data sources in this database includes demographic and business information for all PRC geographies, including 31 Provinces, 345 Prefecture Cities, 2,873 Counties, and over 50,000 Townships. Created by the University of Michigan China Data Center, in collaboration with the All China Market Research Co., Ltd and the State Key Laboratory for Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing (LIESMARS) of Wuhan University.
- Census and Statistics on Hong KongAn official statistical portal of Hong Kong. Free access.
- Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) 中国综合社会调查Annual or biannual questionnaire survey of China's urban and rural households, aiming to monitor systematically the changing relationship between social structure and quality of life in urban and rural China. Registration is required.
- Contemporary Chinese Village Gazetteer Data (CCVGD) 数字村庄Conceived in August 2018, the Contemporary Chinese Village Gazetteer Data (CCVGD 数字村庄) project was initiated by the East Asian Library (EAL) within the University of Pittsburgh Library System (ULS). The project aims to promote the unique and sizeable collection of Chinese village gazetteers held by the library, to offer researchers and scholars access to a unique set of data extracted from selected gazetteers, and to support teaching, research, and reference services around it.
- Databank for China Studies, the Chinese University of Hong Kong 香港中文大学中国研究数据库This databank contains 31 surveys on population, women studies, agriculture, household, enterprise and reform, and economy.
- Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan, ROC 臺灣行政院總計處The Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) of Executive Yuan, handles the national budget, accounting and statistics affairs. It has been in existence for over 90 years and has been reorganized numerous times since its inception.
- East Asia Social Survey (EASS) SeriesA biennial social survey project that serves as a cross-national network of four General Social Survey type surveys in East Asia -- the Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS), the Japanese General Social Survey (JGSS), the Korean General Social Survey (KGSS), and the Taiwan Social Change Survey (TSCS).
- National Data from the National Bureau of Statistics of China 中华人民共和国国家统计局国家数据National Statistics of P.R.C.
- National Statistics of R.O.C. (Taiwan) 中華民國統計資訊網Has English version and Chinese version.
- Peking University Open Research Data Platform: China Survey Data ArchiveProvides access to a number of national survey, including China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) and China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study（CHARLS）.
- Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC): China DimensionsProvides maps and geospatially (GIS) integrated socioeconomic datasets, relating to topics such as administrative geography, hospitals and epidemiology, agriculture, and population.
- State Council Archive, People's Republic of ChinaAn official government portal provides free access to the State Council Gazettes, Statistical Communiques, white papers, work reports, budget reports, plan reports, and government briefings.
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