The Fifth National Census Office under the State Council has called on everyone for a factual report in the upcoming census due to be taken on November 1st. 'Any action which may put down the accuracy of the census is forbidden and will receive severe punishment. 'Lin Changsong, deputy director of the office, said at a press conference in Beijing on Wednesday. Almost all the preparations for the census have been finished, 6 million census workers have been selected and trained and initial residence registration has been accomplished. The census will start at midnight on November 1st. During the first 10 days of November, census takers will work from door to door. In order to get accurate (精确的) data on the population, the central government has permitted households who have not registered their children who are 'more than family-planning policy allows' to apply for lasting residence during the census. China's family-planning policy encourages urban citizens to have one child per family and rural families with one girl child may have a second child. The policy is more flexible among ethnic( 种族的) minority (少数) people and is dependent upon the local autonomous regional government. People who violate (违反) the regulation have to pay a fine in order to make up for the government's expenditure (支出) in bringing up and educating the extra children. According to statistics available to China Daily, China's population reached 1.26 billion in 1999. And the central government expects that the figure will be below 1.3 billion in the census. According to the passage, who are (is) going to take up the upcoming census?