Population Census

China includes foreigners in census for the first time

By Feng Xin (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2010-09-03 11:31

For the first time, China decided to include foreigners and people from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, who live, work and study in the Chinese mainland in census. China Daily takes you to find out the reason behind and how Chinese citizens and foreigners will take part in the 2010 census differently.

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