现行的外经统计报表制度必须要进行改革，改革首先要与建立社会主义市场经济的总体要求相适应，同时又要考虑到目前外经统计工作现状，积极稳妥地进行。改革的基本原则为：一是政府统计与部门统计相结合；二是减轻基层负担，不重不漏；三是科学、及时、准确；四是注意新旧制度 The current system of foreign-funded statistical reports must be reformed. The reform must first meet the overall requirements of establishing a socialist market economy. At the same time, it must also take into account the current status of foreign economic statistics and work actively and steadily. The basic principles of the reform are as follows: First, the combination of government statistics and departmental statistics; second, alleviating the burden on the grassroots and not omission; third, being scientific, timely and accurate; and fourth, paying attention to the old and the new systems