The International Comparative Study Of ICT Satellite Account

ICTs have come in the forefront of the modern economy and society. With the technology to culture and the impact of productivity, computer processing power exponentially grow exponentially. Technology has provided a new way of life, including mobile phones, satellite communications and the Internet from digital TV to a global positioning system for our multi-purpose applications. Businesses, countries and peoples unprecedented network messages to e-mail systems and instant response of contact and communication. Information and communication technologies (ICT) affect many aspects of economic and social development.Obviously, with the information and communication technology impact on our society and economy growing, increasing the value of quantitative information. ICT satellite accounts as SNA extension, the ICT sector is separated out in many industries measured on the basis of compliance with the standard SNA monetary aggregates, combined with monetary aggregates and non-monetary type data on ICT for the economic system contribution, ICT consumption, ICT imports and exports and other indicators to measure and describe.This paper is divided into six parts:The first part of the ICT satellite account background, meaning, content and structure are introduced:from 1990 to the present stage of economic development has entered a stage of ICT, ICT has begun to seep into areas of people’s lives, including education, including work, become contributor to national economic growth, and even become an important driving force for economic growth, the rapid development of ICT, countries have the opportunity to promote economic growth and improve people’s lives, it also brings enormous challenges of information technology, the establishment of ICT Satellite Account show in detail the development of ICT situation in the country and the impact on society, naturally, become a national future recording their information process, the impact of information technology on the development direction of the country as well as international comparisons. There are already three countries have established national ICT satellite accounts, namely, Australia, Chile and South Africa, the paper is the comparative study of ICT satellite accounts by the three countries, to give content to establish rules and methods of satellite accounts, for other countries and China establish satellite account has theoretical and practical significance.The second part introduces the concepts and theories ICT satellite account: basic concepts include several international standards ("North American Industry Classification" ICT-defined (also known as NAICS), OECD definition of the ICT, the United Nations Statistical Commission "all the Define and establish the purpose of the International Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities "(ISIC)), ICT satellite accounts; the basic theory of the OECD describes the theoretical basis of the concept of the information society measurement model and classification as well as other relatively ripe for ICT satellite accounts the establishment of satellite accounts can learn theoretical basis.The third and fourth parts of the ICT satellite accounts in the three countries were compared, first introduced the three countries to establish longitudinal ICT satellite accounts in the background, the process and the final result, and secondly from the overall framework and content, classification, preparation of supply use tables Data source four angles of the three horizontal comparison countries. Finally we get three important conclusions:1. found that the three countries on the content ICT satellite account includes six indicators describe aspects of the total output of ICT, ICT added value, import and export, supply and use, investment and consumption, when using the index data can not be obtained, the state will use the available data to another angle of this indicator description, such as the description of ICT outputs, Australia and South Africa make a distinction between the ICT sector output, including the ICT sector and ICT-related typical industry, and Chilean ICT industry will only be divided into ICT-related activities with typical and atypical activity outputs ICT outputs;2. although the difference between the three countries is not defined in the ICT, but the classification results are quite different, each country basically chose the national accounting system is based on the classification of the national economy, and not according to the classification given by OECD guidelines;3. compared with Australia, Chile and South Africa, the lack of ICT supply use tables in fixed capital formation, compensation of employees is missing using the table, the total operating surplus, net of tax of other production, domestic mixed-income four indicators; supply table in South Africa Adjustments were joined, and joined the household purchase, non-primary household purchase in the list of products; in South Africa use table also joined the household and general government for each product usage, but compared to Australia, there is no separate intermediate Consumption extracted detailed inspection.The fifth part for the establishment of ICT satellite account the general preparation processes and procedures as well as ICT satellite accounts for China to establish recommendations. From the establishment of ICT satellite accounts preparation process and concrete practical perspective, are proposed preparatory process should include three points:1, the existing international experience summarized; 2, the country has established satellite accounts were compared; 3, review national circumstances, to identify difficulties in establishing the necessary ICT satellite account several elements to be encountered, and then find a solution. The establishment of ICT satellite accounts, ICT should be determined in accordance with the definition, classification to determine ICT, establish ICT product supply use tables to determine the content of ICT satellite accounts preparation,5 to establish the step of identifying the internal and external data sources such as the implementation. For part of China’s proposal:First, the status quo of China’s information technology is described; secondly pointed out that China has established Obstacles ICT satellite account process may encounter:ICT industry classification standards are not clear, input-output table compilation method brings difficulties, lack of attention, lack of ICT-related investigations; Finally, China proposed the establishment of an ICT satellite account, ICT definition and classification of work; (2) coordination of multiple departments ICT statistical work; 3, improve the system of national accounts, investment Output Tables more recommendations prepared by indirect inference method, and proposed recommendations put to use table framework; 4, China’s ICT satellite accounts contents should include at least the total domestic output of ICT value added in the ICT sector, ICT products into exports, ICT products and industry supply and use, investment and consumption and other four recommendations.The establishment of ICT satellite accounts need to learn from international experience finishing, paper Australia, Chile, South Africa, empirical, through the establishment of ICT satellite accounts classification of the three national methods, content and other comparative studies, comparative perspective and summarizes three countries the establishment of ICT satellite accounts experience, not only to establish the theoretical system of ICT satellite accounts have a reference, but also has important practical significance to the reality of our country and the future development of the ICT industry. In addition, this paper situation in China ICT development proposals targeted, have practical significance for China to establish ICT satellite accounts.Inadequate point of this paper is:Since ICT satellite account when establishing domestic real situation of the case against the three countries and the establishment of ICT satellite accounts behind almost no relevant information query and reference, this article may not be comprehensive defect exists in the background analysis section.