This database contains hundreds of thousands of Chinese laws and legal commentaries, in both Chinese and English. It can be searched by keyword or browsed by category.
The China Economic and Social Data Platform = 中国经济社会大数据研究平台 (previous China Statistical Yearbook Database) is a large selection of statistical data published by the Chinese government. A wide variety of economic, social and environmental topics is covered. There is a data search (with a standard, an index value, and an index definition mode), a data analysis tool (enabling comparison by districts, indexes, years), and one can use yearbook navigation and the interface allows searching by indicator across yearbooks and creation of GIS maps. Because of changes to indexes over the years, and differences in coverage from index to index or district to district, the safest way of searching may be by yearbook navigation.
Since April 2023 the previous English interfaces to statistical data from China (China Statistical Yearbook Database and China Data Insights) are no longer available.
Please note that the database does not include population statistics these are available via EPS.
More statistical data is available from other databases like EPS, CEIC, Data Planet, the so-called pishu reports database (China Economy, Public Policy, and Security Database), and the China Geo-Explorer I).
Please also note that we do have many of the statistical yearbooks in print. You can find those via the library catalog. Many print yearbooks come with CDs including the data in electronic form in Html and Excel format. We have made efforts to transfer the content of these CDs to the Princeton Data and Statistical Services (DSS) https://library.princeton.edu/dss where Princeton users can download them after login. The whole list of Chinese statistical yearbooks on the DSS server the is available at: https://dss.princeton.edu/catalog?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=china+yearbook
A database comprised of the volumes called pishu (皮书) from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), published (often yearly) by the Social Science Academic Press (SSAP). This database should be especially useful for researchers in the economic, political and social sciences of China.
The archive covers all pishu published by SSAP from 1991 onward, and new pishu are uploaded on a monthly basis, between 15-20 new volumes each month. You can see the updated title list here: http://www.eastview.com/Files/UDB-Pishu.xlsx.
You can search within all titles, or by series and/or thematic keyword (click on those headings). The seven series are China Society and Culture (国社会与文化), China Economic Development (中国的经济发展), China Regional Analysis - Provincial (中国地区分析 - 省级), China Regional Analysis - Municipal (中国地区分析 - 市政的), China Regional Analysis - Hong Kong/Macau/Taiwan (中国地区分析 - 香港/澳门/台湾), China Industrial Sectors (中国的工业部门), and Global Economy, Politics, Security (世界经济，政治，安全). Thematic keywords include advertising, ethnology, etc. The database also includes such titles as the Annual Report on Research on Japan (日本研究报告). An explanatory brochure about the database is available from: http://www.eastview.com/Files/EVPishu.pdf .
We have only a selection of these works in paper, and ranges may be spotty. Note that almost all titles are Chinese-only, although they do have English alternative titles.
Chinese Population Census Statistics are also available via the Princeton Map collection.
Via the map collection Princeton users have permanent access to the following data sets:
China County Boundaries with Census Data, 1953
China County Boundaries with Census Data, 1964
China County Boundaries with Census Data, 1982
China County Boundaries with Census Data (Part A), 1990
China County Boundaries with Census Data (Part B), 1990
China County Census Short Form Data, 2000
China County Census Long Form Data (L1-L6), 2000
China County Census Long Form Data (L7-L8), 2000
Township Census Data 2000 for each Province
China Economic Census Data by County, 2008
China census data by county, 2000-2010
China extended long form census data by province, 2010
China extended short form census data by province, 2010
China extended long form census data by county, 2010
China township population census data, 2010
All the files can be downloaded and either be used in a GIS software or opened with Excel. To open the data in Excel, please download the shapefile and open the file with the extension “.dbs” in Excel. Under “Metadata” in each entry additional information about the Excel fields is available.
Select geo-coded data is contained in the China Geo-Explorer I.
More statistical data from China is available via the CNKI China Economic and Social Data Platform, EPS and CEIC.
The latest annual statistics for China can also be found in the Sage Data (previously Data Planet) under the source "China Data Institute"
Note that more statistical data from China is available via the CNKI China Economic and Social Data Platform, and CEIC. Select geo-coded data is contained in the China Geo-Explorer I. The latest annual statistics for China can also be found in the Sage Data (previously Data Planet) under the source "China Data Institute"
NOTE: To enter the database click "Enter the Database" in the upper right corner on EPS's website.
NOTE: To enter the database click "EPS数据平台" in the in the middle of EPS's website.
Please also note that some browsers do not support offsite access to both language versions of this database.
Chrome, Edge, and Opera all seem to work fine.
Data and Statistical Services (DSS) provides a catalog of data (longitudinal studies, panel data, etc.) and statistical sources available in Princeton and available freely on the web. The catalog has seperate entries for China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Many of the data from China's statistical yearbooks are available via this service.