Geun-gwan Ryu inaugurated as Director of Statistics Korea… Emphasis on “Fitness of the original role of statistics”

Ryu Geun-gwan, the new Chief Statistics Officer, held an online inauguration ceremony at the Daejeon Statistical Office on the 28th and emphasized that “we must stick to the original role of statistics.”

“Statistics are the record of history, and national statistics are the basis of the country,” said Shin Lim, head of Ryu.

He added, “We need to properly detect, record, store, and notify traces of what our society and economy are in and where we are going. Statistics are the foundational infrastructure that supports making rational decisions based on facts.”

New Director Ryu also ordered that we should actively prepare for the new era of data. “Our society and economy are digitized at an unimaginable scale and speed, and the digital New Deal policy is being promoted across the government. The value of information from data is growing in importance not only in terms of industrial competitiveness, but also in government policy and daily life. There is” he explained.

Along with this, he warned, “As the use of data expands, the potential risk of personal information invasion is also increasing,” and “The Statistics Korea takes the lead in establishing a device that enhances the value of data utilization while thoroughly protecting personal information. I will catch all the rabbits.”

As the new standard of the National Statistical Office, it mentioned’customer service’ and’until consumers are satisfied’ that companies adopt. He stressed, “The way the National Statistical Office will go is to build statistical data that satisfies the public institutions, academia, the private sector, and the people who are the consumers of the National Statistical Office data.

New Director Ryu cited securing representativeness of statistics, strengthening education and training, and new challenges as the three key policies to be pursued during his tenure.

“In the era of data economy characterized by big data and my data, the historical mission of the National Statistical Office is growing day by day,” he pointed out, “it is difficult for big data to create a big organization and my data to create a my organization.”

Commissioner Ryu said, “When many countries around the world gave up important national statistical surveys under difficult circumstances this year, Korea successfully completed many tasks, including two census,” and said, “We continue to carry out and improve traditional tasks and We must also have an attitude to actively greet the times.”