Second economic census to be held

China will carry out its second economic census between October and December, which will give the government a deeper insight into how the economy is impacted by the global financial turmoil.

The census, conducted every five years since 2004, will help form the basis of the nation's social and economic development blueprint during the 12th Five-Year Plan period (2011-15).

Statisticians around the nation will survey all enterprises from the secondary and tertiary sectors, including the smaller ones that had earlier been left out in annual statistics, the National Bureau of Statistics said in a statement.