[national Bureau of Statistics responds to disputes over real estate-related data] May 16, some careful readers found that the data released by the National Bureau of Statistics in May last year showed that from January to April 2022, residential sales area was 337.22 million square meters. Compared with the same period last year, why did residential sales decline in absolute terms from January to April this year, while the year-on-year growth rate was positive? In this regard, the National Bureau of Statistics explained that the growth rates of real estate development investment, commercial housing sales area and other indicators are calculated according to a comparable caliber. There are incomparable factors between the data for the reporting period and the data published for the same period last year, and the growth rate cannot be calculated directly. The National Bureau of Statistics said that the main reasons are: first, strengthening the management of projects in the warehouse and revising the sales data of commercial houses that have cancelled their contracts; second, strengthening statistical law enforcement and correcting the problem data found in the inspection of statistical law enforcement in accordance with relevant regulations; third, strengthening data quality management and excluding non-real estate development project investment and mortgage sales data. (first Finance)