InaccordancewiththeRegulationsonNationalPopulationCensusandtheCircularoftheStateCouncilontheConductofthe6thNationalPopulationCensus,Chinacarriedoutits6thnationalpopulationcensuswithzerohourofNovember~1,2010asthereferencetime~2.ThefieldenumerationofthecensushasbeensuccessfullycompletedthroughtheleadershipoftheStateCouncilandgovernmentsatalllevels,thesupportandcooperationfrompeopleofvariousnationalities,andthepainstakingeffortsandhardworkofnearly10millioncensusworkers.Resultsonmajorfiguresobtainedthroughadvancetabulationarereleasedasfollows: