19th Population Census Conference
Beijing, China - 26-28 April 2000
Hosted by the
National Bureau of Statistics of China
Organized by the
National Burea of Statistics of China and the East-West Center
in cooperation with the
Association of National Census and Statistics Directors of America, Asia and the Pacific
Agenda | Papers | Participants | PhotographsTuesday 25 April 2000
4:30-6:30 PM Board of Directors Meeting, Association of National Census and Statistics Directors of America, Asia and the Pacific (ANCSDAAP).
Wednesday 26 April 2000
08:30 - 10:00 AM Registration
10:00 - 10:30 AM Opening Session, chaired by LU Chunheng, Deputy Commissioner, National Bureau of Statistics
- LIU Hong, Commissioner, National Bureau of Statistics
- Yuki Miura, President, Association of National Census and Statistics Directors of America, Asia and the Pacific
- Griffith Feeney, EWC Organizer for the 19th Population Census Conference
10:30 - 10:50 AM Group Photograph10:50 - 11:10 AM Break
11:10 - 12:00 AM Session 2: Census Reports 1, chaired by J. K. Banthia
- The Preparation of China's 2000 Population Census, LU Chunheng and MENG Qingpu
- Outline of the 2000 population census of Japan, Takehiro Fukui and Yuki Miura (PDF online)
12:00 AM - 02:00 PM Lunch
02:00 - 03:20 PM Session 3: Census Reports 2, chaired by Nancy M. Gordon
- A plan for better products and services of the 2000 population and housing census in Korea, Hyung-baik Yun and Hyung-seog Kim (PDF online)
- The 1999 population and housing census of Viet Nam, Mai Van Cam
- Population census 2001, of Nepal, Savitri Singh
03:20 - 03:40 PM Break
03:40 - 05:00 PM Session 4: Analysis and Applications, chaired by Yuki Miura
- Combining Census, Vital Statistics and Survey Data to Analyze Fertility Changes in Canada, Alain Belanger
- The trend of fertility in Nepal, 1961-1998, Robert Retherford and Shyam Thapa
- Census microdata as a national treasure, Robert McCaa
06:30 - 09:30 PM Reception hosted by National Bureau of Statistics
Thursday 27 April 2000
09:00 - 10:20 AM Session 5: Utilization, chaired by Robert McCaa
- Planning and managing Hong Kong's future--Applications of population census data, Frederick W. H. Ho (PDF online)
- Utilizating census results in the Malaysian development plan 2001-2005, Dr. Rabieyah Mat and Siti Asiah Amad (PDF online)
- Promoting effective census data dissemination in the Asia Pacific region, M. Khalid Siddiqui and Carmelita N. Ericta
10:20 - 10:40 AM Break
10:40 AM - 12:00 PM Session 6: International Issues, chaired by Frank Nolan
- The features of the 2000 population and housing census of Mongolia, DAVAASUREN Chultemjampts
- Some issues in planning for the 2000 round of population and housing censuses, Sam Suharto, Iqbal Alam and Angela Me
- Technical Assistance from the US Census Bureau, Peter Way
12:00 - 06:00 PM Sightseeing tour organized by NBS (optional, includes lunch)
Friday 28 August 1998
09:00 - 10:20 PM Session 7: Census Reports 3, chaired by ZHANG Weimin
- Population coverage in Indian census, J. K. Banthia
- Census 2000: Innovation in data delivery and products, Nancy M. Gordon
- Recent progress in the preparation of the 2000 population census of Indonesia, S. G. M. Mamas
10:20 - 10:40 AM Break
10:40 AM - 12:00 PM Session 8: Information Technology and the Census, chaired by Rossarin Gray
- Application of information technology to China's population census in 2000 year, XU Tiefu
- Taming the technology tiger: Harnessing new media and meethods for the 2000 round of census results, Larry Hartke and Peter Way
- Towards the e-census, Frank Nolan
12:00 - 02:00 PM Lunch
02:00 - 03:20 PM Session 9: New Issues, New Directions, chaired by Takehiro Fukui
- A modest proposal for a universal, object-oriented, hierarchical, extensible, naming system for population census information, Griffith Feeney (PDF online)
- Establishing ownership in the Philippines census 2000, Tomas P. Africa and Minerva Eloisa P. Esquivias (PDF online)
- Census 2000 and its implementation in Thailand: Lessons learned, Rossarin Gray
03:20 - 03:40 PM Break
03:40 - 04:30 PM Session 10: Perspectives, chaired by Sam Suharto
- A comparative study on China's 2000 population census and past censuses, ZHANG Weimin
- Malthusian models and Chinese realities: The Chinese demographic system revisited, James Lee and WANG Feng
04:30 - 05:00 PM ANCSDAAP Meeting and Closing Session, chaired by Yuki Miura.
06:30 - 09:30 PM Reception hosted by ANCSDAAP