Census registration includes preparatory work, census data inspection and audit, census data summary and census data development.

Census registration is a working process of filling in the name, gender, age, nationality, education level, occupation and other natural and socio-economic characteristics of each respondent on the census registration form according to the prescribed method and format. It is the central link of the whole census work. Census registration includes preparatory work, census data inspection and audit, census data summary and census data development.

According to the organizational form, the census registration methods are divided into two categories: first, the respondents fill out the census form by themselves, which is called self-filling method, also called household registration method; Second, specialized census personnel come to ask about the respondents and fill them in the census form. This method is called inquiry method, also called investigator method or enumerator method.

The role of census registration

1, an important means to find out the family background of our population. Carrying out a population census in time to find out the latest situation of population size, structure and distribution in China is not only the basis for formulating and improving future policies and measures such as income, consumption, education, employment, pension, medical care and social security, but also provides decision-making basis for the layout of educational and medical institutions, the construction of service facilities for children and the elderly, the layout of industrial and commercial service outlets, and the construction of urban and rural roads.

2. The inherent requirement of promoting high-quality economic development. Only by finding out the basic national conditions of the total population, structure and distribution in time, and finding out the information of human resources structure, can we more accurately grasp the demand structure, urban-rural structure, regional structure and industrial structure, and provide strong support for promoting high-quality economic development and building a modern economic system.