文章认为政府统计部门承担着管理统计事务,开展统计调查,进行统计分析,提供统计资料和统计咨询意见,实行统计监督的重要职责,具有信息、咨询、监督三大功能。经过三十多年的不断改革和实践,政府统计功能相互作用,相辅相成,共同构成了政府统计的整体功能,充分发挥出其整体效应,充分体现了在现代国家管理中的重要地位和作用。 The article holds that the government statistics department undertakes the important functions of managing statistics, conducting statistical surveys, conducting statistical analysis, providing statistical information and statistical advice, and carrying out statistical supervision. It has three major functions of information, consultation and supervision. After more than thirty years of continuous reform and practice, the government statistics function interacts and complements each other to form the overall function of government statistics, give full play to its overall effect and fully reflect the important status and role in the modern state administration.