Currently, the fifth national economic census has launched a unit inventory work. How is the census progressing? How to ensure data quality? Kang Yi, Deputy Leader of the Leading Group for the Fifth National Economic Census of the State Council and Director of the National Bureau of Statistics, gave an interview to a reporter from Xinhua News Agency on the 4th. Q: How is the progress of the fifth national economic census? Answer: The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council attach great importance to the work of economic census, establish the Fifth National Economic Census Leading Group, and strengthen the organizational leadership of economic census work. On July 7th, the State Council held the 5th National Economic Census Teleconference to comprehensively mobilize and deploy the economic census work. All regions, relevant departments, and census institutions at all levels conscientiously implement the spirit of the meeting, collaborate and closely cooperate, and solidly promote the organization and implementation of the census. The establishment of census institutions at all levels has been completed. After the establishment of the State Council Economic Census Leading Group and its office, various regions and relevant departments actively promoted the establishment of census institutions, implemented census responsibilities and working mechanisms, and basically formed a nationwide, vertically and horizontally linked, and smoothly operated census organization and implementation system. Accelerate the implementation of census guarantees. Distribute relevant documents to guide and promote the work of ensuring census funding in various regions. According to the principle of graded burden, the guarantee of census funding at all levels is gradually implemented. Actively promote the construction of census data processing system, laying a solid foundation for the smooth implementation of the census. Scientifically formulate census plans. Focusing closely on the goals and tasks of this census, the Fifth National Economic Census Plan has been studied and formulated through special pilot and comprehensive pilot testing. Recently, it has been issued to various census institutions and relevant departments for implementation. Initiate unit inventory work. According to the census work arrangement, local census institutions at all levels were organized to carry out the division and mapping of Census division, the selection and training of census instructors and enumerators, the sharing of departmental administrative data, and the compilation of inventory copies. From August to October, the "carpet" household inventory was carried out in an all-round way. Q: What is the purpose of the ongoing inventory work? Answer: Unit inventory is an essential and fundamental work to ensure the smooth implementation of census registration. The purpose of unit inventory is to find out the basic situation and distribution of various legal entities and industrial activity units engaged in economic and social activities as well as self-employed households engaged in Secondary sector of the economy and Tertiary sector of the economy activities in China, accurately define the objects and categories of the fifth national economic census, clarify the census registration responsibilities of local census institutions and relevant departments, and ensure that the types of census objects are accurately defined and census units are not repeated or omitted, To lay the foundation for subsequent economic census work. This inventory will actively apply the results of statistical informatization reform, promote the application of Big data technology, and improve data processing efficiency. Census personnel can use various handheld electronic terminals such as mobile phones to conduct on-site data collection using installation-free mobile collection mini programs. Q: Censors and census instructors are the specific implementers of census work. How can we do a good job in selecting and hiring them? Answer: The census officer and census instructor (referred to as "the two officers") are important forces in the census work, responsible for executing the requirements of the census plan, conducting census work and collecting data in accordance with the law. This census is the first to conduct an input-output survey in a coordinated manner, with higher technical requirements. According to the requirements of selecting and strengthening the census team, all levels of census institutions