Economic Census

The fourth national economic census entered its registration phase on January 1.

The survey will cover all businesses involved in the secondary and tertiary industries, painting a wide economic picture.

About 30 million impersonal entities and industrial activity units, as well as about 60 million selfemployed entrepreneurs will be involved.

Ning Jizhe, deputy head of the National Development and Reform Commission and head of the National Bureau of Statistics, said the registration will determine the quality of the whole census and called for efforts to ensure statistics are accurate and true.