Opening of Data Center Rehabilitation at Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics

Ramallah, 25 /01/2021, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) and the Office of the People's Republic of China inaugurate the Rehabilitation of Data Center at PCBS headquarters in Ramallah city. This Data Center was rehabilitated by a financial support fund from the Office of the People's Republic of China.

Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) aspires to establish a well-integrated and comprehensive IT infrastructure to better serve stakeholders and data users. The data center will facilitate the transformation of PCBS’ data collection towards mobile and GIS based techniques and data dissemination to new interactive web applications supported by GIS.

H.E. Dr. Ola Awad, President of PCBS indicated that this cooperation confirms the strong belief and trust of the Office of the People's Republic of China in statistical data as a key tool for evidence-based decision-making and a driver for societal change.

H.E. the Representative of China Rep. Office in Palestine Mr. Guo Wei emphasized that this cooperation established on a long-standing partnership between the PCBS and of the Office of the People's Republic of China, aimed at enhancing statistics in Palestine to inform policy and decision making and ultimately improving the IT infrastructure at PCBS.