主持人导语(中国人民大学统计学院教授高敏雪)批零贸易经销业是商品生产者和购买者之间的桥梁。社会分工越细,商品贸易活动就会越多越频繁;不仅发生在国内,国际间贸易活动也会越来越显著;不仅有传统的实体贸易,还出现了各种电子商务贸易。要了解批零贸易经销业的经营状况、了解商品市场供求状况,并据此对宏观经济做出判断,完善的经销业统计数据不可缺少,具有国际可比性的经销业统计数据不可缺少。这样看来,联 Lead by Moderator (Gao Minxue, Professor of Statistics, Renmin University of China) Wholesale and retail trade is a bridge between commodity producers and buyers. The more detailed the social division of labor, the more frequent the activities of commodity trade will be; not only in China but also in international trade activities will become increasingly significant; not only the traditional physical trade, but also the emergence of a variety of e-commerce trade. It is necessary to understand the operating conditions of wholesale and retail trade distribution industry and to understand the supply and demand situation in the commodity market. Based on this, we can make judgments on the macroeconomic situation, and perfect distribution statistics are indispensable. Statistics on the distribution industry with international comparability are indispensable. It seems so, United