The significance and role of the national population census

1. Significance of the National Population Census

Conducting a population census to understand population growth, labor supply, and changes in the floating population, and to find out the size of the elderly population, will help to accurately analyze and judge China's population situation in the future, to accurately grasp the new situation, characteristics and trends of the demographic development and changes, and to profoundly understand the challenges and opportunities brought by these changes to the security of the population and the economic and social development. It is of great significance for adjusting and perfecting the population policy, promoting the optimization of the population structure, and promoting the improvement of the quality of the population.

2. Role of the National Population Census

(1) Conducting the seventh national population census is an important means of clarifying the demographic background of China. China has conducted six population censuses, and countries around the world also conduct population censuses on a regular basis. At present, as socialism with Chinese characteristics enters a new era, conducting a timely population census to comprehensively find out the latest situation of China's population in terms of size, structure, distribution, etc. is not only the basis for formulating and perfecting future policies and measures on income, consumption, education, employment, old age, medical care and social security, but also provides a basis for decision-making on the layout of educational and medical institutions, the construction of service facilities for children and the elderly, the distribution of industrial and commercial service outlets, and the construction of urban and rural roads. construction, etc.

(2) Carrying out the seventh national census is an inherent requirement for promoting high-quality economic development. At present, China's economy is in a critical period of transforming the mode of development, optimizing the economic structure, and transforming the growth momentum. The basic national conditions of the total population, its structure and distribution, as well as information on the structure of human resources, can be ascertained in a timely manner, so as to more accurately grasp the structure of demand, urban and rural structure, regional structure, industrial structure, etc., and to provide strong support for the promotion of high-quality development of the economy and the construction of a modernized economic system.

(3) Carrying out the seventh national population census is an urgent need to improve the population development strategy and policy system, and to promote the long-term balanced development of population.

3, the national population census is the state to develop a unified time nodes and unified methods, projects, questionnaires, strictly in accordance with the instructions in accordance with the law of the existing population of the country universally, door to door, person to person to carry out a full survey and registration, the census focuses on mastering and analyzing the development of the population in various places, the sex ratio, the sex ratio at birth, singles and the marriageable population, etc., the national census is also part of the national conditions and national strengths of the survey. The national census is also a survey of national conditions and strengths. Nowadays, countries around the world widely used to collect demographic information, a basic scientific method, the national census data according to the progress of statistical analysis, batches of timely and accurate public.