江苏省苏州[1]副市长[2]曹福龙[3]向江苏省全国人口普查[4]领导小组汇报了人口普查工作情况，有序推进的各项工作受到了省人小组的肯定。

 2000年第五次全国人口普查以来，苏州经济持续发展，社会结构不断调整，人口状况也发生了很大变化。本次组织开展的第六次全国人口普查，苏州市将查准人口总量，查清人口构成、地域分布和流动状况，查实人口教育、就业、住房、养老等信息。此次普查对象包括苏州5市7区全部人口。与前五次不同的是，本次普查将户籍在本户而居住在其他普查小区的人员，将居住和停留在苏州的港澳台和外籍人员纳入了普查范围。

曹福龙在汇报中说，为搞好此次人口普查工作，苏州市专门成立了人口普查领导小组，广泛地开展全社会宣传动员，保证了普查正式登记工作的顺利开展。苏州市民主动参与普查，履行公民责任，在不少街道、社区出现了志愿者队伍，提高了普查工作的效率。

Cao Fulong, Vice-Mayor of Suzhou City, Jiangsu province, addressed the leading groups of the nation's census, and reported about the situations of the census work. The orderly work, currently in progress, has received the approval of the small groups in the province.

Since the 5^th national census in 2000, the economy of Suzhou continuously developed, the society composition has unceasingly been restructured and there were also many changes which took place in the population. This time, when the organization of the 6^th national census is underway, Suzhou is examining the size of its population, investigating thoroughly the composition of its population, the situation of the population distribution and movement within the region, is examining the education of the population, as well as other information concerning its population, such as occupations, housing and care for the elderly. The object of this census includes the entire population of 5 cities and 7 districts in Suzhou. Unlike the 5^th census, the current one will register residents as well as people from other town districts. The purpose is to include in the census people from Hong-Kong, Macau, Taiwan and foreign countries that currently stay in Suzhou.

Cao Fulong said in the report he gave that in order to improve the this census' work, Jiangsu city has especially established leading groups to perform the census, is extensively developing the mobilization of investigation within the society and ensuring the smooth development of the formal registration by the census. The residents of Jiangsu initiatively participate in the census, fulfilling their citizenship duty. In many streets and communities groups of volunteers appear, improving the efficiency of the census work.

[1] 苏州 sūzhōu - Suzhou, a prefectural-level city in Jiangsu province, which embeds several townships and numerous villages.

[2] 副市长 fù shìzhǎng - Vice Mayor

[3] 曹福龙 Cáo Fúlóng - Cao Fulong, Vice Mayor of Suzhou city.

[4] 人口普查 rénkǒu pǔchá - China's National Population Census. The 6^th census is taking place in November (2010), including visits to about 400 million households and collecting information about China's inhabitants, their occupation, education, family status, etc. Taiwan, Hong-Kong and Macau are included in the census for the first time.