China sends census-takers onto streets

The ten-yearly Chinese census is now on, with six million census takers going door-to-door.

The Chinese 1 billion person head-count will conclude on November 10th when statisticians hope to have all relevant details of the major demographic changes taking place.

The main data to be released at the end of April will increase the size of China's population, which in the year 2000 was put at 1.295 billion people.

There have been concerns people may not wish to tell census takers the truth about their private lives due to renewed concerns about human rights in the country.

It will be the first time the census has counted people where they live and not where they are
There has been an extensive shift in the legally registered.
population base in China, with millions of migrant workers puring into urban areas from the countryside.