摘要
The author argues that the population system of human societies, the highest form of lives on the planet, may serve as standard paradigm for study of complex systems. it turned out to be a well investigable, nonlinearly controllable dynamic system, where census plays pivotal role. The theory has led China to succeed in checking the upsurge of population growth of 1970-80s and remains reliable basis for family-planning policy-making in all countries world-wide. It suggests that statistics could be a powerful tool in studying holistic properties of complex systems.
