国内英语新闻:Chinese vice premier urges scientific census be conducted to guarantee nation's future plans

Li urged strict management on every phase and part of the census to ensure the quality of the data.

Also, Li urged all information reported in the census should be kept confidential and not used for other purposes besides the census.

Foreign residents will also be surveyed for the first time in the upcoming census, earlier reports have said.

Chinese vice premier Li Keqiang (4th R) addresses a conference on the 6th national census in Beijing, China, on July 16, 2010.

According to the pilot survey questionnaire for foreigners to be used in the upcoming census, a foreigner's name, age, gender, nationality, educational attainment, purpose and duration of stay will be collected.