Hwaseong City and the Statistics Korea announced on the 11th that they will begin the main survey starting from the 23rd.
Previously, the city conducted guidelines training for 236 survey staff for the '2011 Economic Census' over six days from the 25th of last month through the 9th of this month.
The Economic Census will conduct the main survey for 25 days from the 23rd to the 24th of next month, combining preparatory survey and internet survey. The census will target all approximately 35,000 business establishments in Hwaseong City to identify employment, production, and input (costs) based on the end of last year.
This census will be implemented nationwide, and through it, the distribution of industries, employment structure, and management conditions of the entire nation's industries will be comprehensively identified and used as basic data for the government's economic and industrial policies, SME support policies, regional economic policies of local governments, and business management planning.
The Economic Census, being implemented for the first time this year, will be conducted every five years.
In this census, diverse survey items including green industrial activities, renewable energy, and e-commerce have been selected through development of new statistics in response to policy demands and reflection of user requirements.
Additionally, to reduce survey costs and response burden, various survey methods will be applied including the use of administrative data, improved survey methods for small business establishments, internet surveys, and advance surveys of headquarters.
Meanwhile, Hwaseong City, with a vast area 1.4 times larger than Seoul and with the most mines and manufacturing facilities in the nation, faces difficulties in recruiting surveyors. The city is concentrating all efforts to ensure accurate statistical surveys through surveyor training and education.
Furthermore, since cooperation from business establishments is essential for smooth surveys, the city repeatedly requested active cooperation when survey staff make visits.
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