通过这次普查，来掌握各类单位地区分布、登记注册类型、规模结构以及生产要素的配置情况，为调整经济结构、优化产业政策、规划城乡建设等提供基础信息。此次普查的标准时点为２００１年１２月３１日。普查的对象为中华人民共和国境内（不含香港、澳门特别行政区和台湾省）的 Through this census, we can grasp the distribution of various types of units, the types of registrations, the size and structure of the distribution of production factors, and provide basic information for adjusting the economic structure, optimizing industrial policies and planning urban and rural construction. The standard time for this census is December 31, 2001. Census for the People’s Republic of China (excluding Hong Kong, Macao Special Administrative Region and Taiwan Province)