The University of Michigan China Data Center is pleased to release a new version of "2000 China Township Population Census Data with GIS Maps, which includes 2000 township GIS maps with about 2,000 variables from 2000 population Census data for all townships. The GIS map layers include: (1) 2000 township map with population census data (1:1 million); (2) 2000 county boundary map; (3) 2000 provincial boundary map; (4) Highway; (5) National Road; (6) Provincial Trunk Road; (7) Railways; (8) Rivers; and (9) Coast lines. The township data provide rich information of general population, fertility, nationalities, marriage, age, education, occupation, housing, migration, etc.