Seventh National Population Census of the People's Republic of China

The Seventh National Population Census of the People's Republic of China, also referred to as the 2020 Chinese Census, is being conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China.[1] Census work began on November 1, 2020[2] and was expected to continue through December 10, 2020 involving seven million census workers.[3]

Census slogan “大国点名，没你不行” ('a great nation calls the roll- it doesn't work without you') in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
Seventh National Population Census
Simplified Chinese第七次全国人口普查
Traditional Chinese第七次全國人口普查

On November 2, 2020, Chinese Communist Party general secretary Xi Jinping answered census workers' questions in Beijing.[3]

See also

References
  1. "China to launch 7th national population census on Nov 1". State Council of the People's Republic of China. 20 September 2020. Archived from the original on 16 November 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  2. James Griffiths (20 September 2020). "China prepares to count 1.3 billion people as date for new population census announced". CNN. Archived from the original on 21 September 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  3. Mo Jingxi, Wang Xiaodong (3 November 2020). "President: Good census work serves high-quality growth". China Daily. Archived from the original on 3 November 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2020.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
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