diff --git a/BUILD b/BUILD
index dcabd648e4c541f5767635864c224b43fe894e8c..2cf64dc9cf5a9080087a04f83a2d1f9457a94687 100644
--- a/BUILD
+++ b/BUILD
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ cc_library(
     "src/core/tsi/ssl_transport_security.c",
     "src/core/tsi/transport_security.c",
     "src/core/census/grpc_context.c",
+    "src/core/channel/census_filter.c",
     "src/core/channel/channel_args.c",
     "src/core/channel/channel_stack.c",
     "src/core/channel/client_channel.c",
@@ -511,6 +512,7 @@ cc_library(
     "src/core/census/rpc_stat_id.h",
     "src/core/surface/init_unsecure.c",
     "src/core/census/grpc_context.c",
+    "src/core/channel/census_filter.c",
     "src/core/channel/channel_args.c",
     "src/core/channel/channel_stack.c",
     "src/core/channel/client_channel.c",
@@ -998,6 +1000,7 @@ objc_library(
     "src/core/tsi/ssl_transport_security.c",
     "src/core/tsi/transport_security.c",
     "src/core/census/grpc_context.c",
+    "src/core/channel/census_filter.c",
     "src/core/channel/channel_args.c",
     "src/core/channel/channel_stack.c",
     "src/core/channel/client_channel.c",
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 181194f78f07052c2e2b7887dbc5162e5c61723d..06c16478a99ed72d5ba0268406c316488f65e451 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3977,6 +3977,7 @@ LIBGRPC_SRC = \
     src/core/tsi/ssl_transport_security.c \
     src/core/tsi/transport_security.c \
     src/core/census/grpc_context.c \
+    src/core/channel/census_filter.c \
     src/core/channel/channel_args.c \
     src/core/channel/channel_stack.c \
     src/core/channel/client_channel.c \
@@ -4249,6 +4250,7 @@ endif
 LIBGRPC_UNSECURE_SRC = \
     src/core/surface/init_unsecure.c \
     src/core/census/grpc_context.c \
+    src/core/channel/census_filter.c \
     src/core/channel/channel_args.c \
     src/core/channel/channel_stack.c \
     src/core/channel/client_channel.c \
diff --git a/build.json b/build.json
index 515cecdc5a77e2963050c03058aee4846116ae72..8636c84db367b45c6f7ddf789962b149618337f3 100644
--- a/build.json
+++ b/build.json
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@
       ],
       "src": [
         "src/core/census/grpc_context.c",
+        "src/core/channel/census_filter.c",
         "src/core/channel/channel_args.c",
         "src/core/channel/channel_stack.c",
         "src/core/channel/client_channel.c",
diff --git a/gRPC.podspec b/gRPC.podspec
index 12ce7c1e7b95473acc76d19a35c0df5116daabc5..d1e95a1652f574c0296f0c9ac2dde265e09ced46 100644
--- a/gRPC.podspec
+++ b/gRPC.podspec
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
                       'src/core/tsi/ssl_transport_security.c',
                       'src/core/tsi/transport_security.c',
                       'src/core/census/grpc_context.c',
+                      'src/core/channel/census_filter.c',
                       'src/core/channel/channel_args.c',
                       'src/core/channel/channel_stack.c',
                       'src/core/channel/client_channel.c',
diff --git a/src/core/channel/census_filter.c b/src/core/channel/census_filter.c
index d996c3475e42b80460799f414218009709aed404..86bde85d12771f6bad51c354b59816b69220d789 100644
--- a/src/core/channel/census_filter.c
+++ b/src/core/channel/census_filter.c
@@ -47,13 +47,12 @@
 
 typedef struct call_data {
   census_op_id op_id;
-  census_rpc_stats stats;
+  /*census_rpc_stats stats;*/
   gpr_timespec start_ts;
 
   /* recv callback */
   grpc_stream_op_buffer* recv_ops;
-  void (*on_done_recv)(void* user_data, int success);
-  void* recv_user_data;
+  grpc_iomgr_closure* on_done_recv;
 } call_data;
 
 typedef struct channel_data {
@@ -108,7 +107,7 @@ static void server_on_done_recv(void* ptr, int success) {
   if (success) {
     extract_and_annotate_method_tag(calld->recv_ops, calld, chand);
   }
-  calld->on_done_recv(calld->recv_user_data, success);
+  calld->on_done_recv->cb(calld->on_done_recv->cb_arg, success);
 }
 
 static void server_mutate_op(grpc_call_element* elem,
@@ -118,9 +117,7 @@ static void server_mutate_op(grpc_call_element* elem,
     /* substitute our callback for the op callback */
     calld->recv_ops = op->recv_ops;
     calld->on_done_recv = op->on_done_recv;
-    calld->recv_user_data = op->recv_user_data;
-    op->on_done_recv = server_on_done_recv;
-    op->recv_user_data = elem;
+    op->on_done_recv = calld->on_done_recv;
   }
 }
 
@@ -132,19 +129,6 @@ static void server_start_transport_op(grpc_call_element* elem,
   grpc_call_next_op(elem, op);
 }
 
-static void channel_op(grpc_channel_element* elem,
-                       grpc_channel_element* from_elem, grpc_channel_op* op) {
-  switch (op->type) {
-    case GRPC_TRANSPORT_CLOSED:
-      /* TODO(hongyu): Annotate trace information for all calls of the channel
-       */
-      break;
-    default:
-      break;
-  }
-  grpc_channel_next_op(elem, op);
-}
-
 static void client_init_call_elem(grpc_call_element* elem,
                                   const void* server_transport_data,
                                   grpc_transport_stream_op* initial_op) {
@@ -171,6 +155,7 @@ static void server_init_call_elem(grpc_call_element* elem,
   init_rpc_stats(&d->stats);
   d->start_ts = gpr_now(GPR_CLOCK_REALTIME);
   d->op_id = census_tracing_start_op();
+  grpc_iomgr_closure_init(d->on_done_recv, server_on_done_recv, elem);
   if (initial_op) server_mutate_op(elem, initial_op);
 }
 
@@ -179,18 +164,19 @@ static void server_destroy_call_elem(grpc_call_element* elem) {
   GPR_ASSERT(d != NULL);
   d->stats.elapsed_time_ms = gpr_timespec_to_micros(
       gpr_time_sub(gpr_now(GPR_CLOCK_REALTIME), d->start_ts));
-  census_record_rpc_server_stats(d->op_id, &d->stats);
+  census_record_stats(d->ctxt, stats, nstats);
+  /*census_record_rpc_server_stats(d->op_id, &d->stats);*/
   census_tracing_end_op(d->op_id);
 }
 
-static void init_channel_elem(grpc_channel_element* elem,
+static void init_channel_elem(grpc_channel_element* elem, grpc_channel* master,
                               const grpc_channel_args* args, grpc_mdctx* mdctx,
                               int is_first, int is_last) {
   channel_data* chand = elem->channel_data;
   GPR_ASSERT(chand != NULL);
   GPR_ASSERT(!is_first);
   GPR_ASSERT(!is_last);
-  chand->path_str = grpc_mdstr_from_string(mdctx, ":path");
+  chand->path_str = grpc_mdstr_from_string(mdctx, ":path", 0);
 }
 
 static void destroy_channel_elem(grpc_channel_element* elem) {
@@ -203,22 +189,24 @@ static void destroy_channel_elem(grpc_channel_element* elem) {
 
 const grpc_channel_filter grpc_client_census_filter = {
     client_start_transport_op,
-    channel_op,
+    grpc_channel_next_op,
     sizeof(call_data),
     client_init_call_elem,
     client_destroy_call_elem,
     sizeof(channel_data),
     init_channel_elem,
     destroy_channel_elem,
+    grpc_call_next_get_peer,
     "census-client"};
 
 const grpc_channel_filter grpc_server_census_filter = {
     server_start_transport_op,
-    channel_op,
+    grpc_channel_next_op,
     sizeof(call_data),
     server_init_call_elem,
     server_destroy_call_elem,
     sizeof(channel_data),
     init_channel_elem,
     destroy_channel_elem,
+    grpc_call_next_get_peer,
     "census-server"};
diff --git a/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.core.internal b/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.core.internal
index cbf5c50a653bc71f37dd475017704aa83ed7a027..46c01e5e33d261c54cab1f90706091176c63b222 100644
--- a/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.core.internal
+++ b/tools/doxygen/Doxyfile.core.internal
@@ -903,6 +903,7 @@ src/core/tsi/fake_transport_security.c \
 src/core/tsi/ssl_transport_security.c \
 src/core/tsi/transport_security.c \
 src/core/census/grpc_context.c \
+src/core/channel/census_filter.c \
 src/core/channel/channel_args.c \
 src/core/channel/channel_stack.c \
 src/core/channel/client_channel.c \
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/sources_and_headers.json b/tools/run_tests/sources_and_headers.json
index 5d23bf9e88f1133c7d558dfc9c986868c7d32fac..4a71ef90c95f847c8a86c8e225faa7750af62c13 100644
--- a/tools/run_tests/sources_and_headers.json
+++ b/tools/run_tests/sources_and_headers.json
@@ -12353,6 +12353,7 @@
       "src/core/census/initialize.c", 
       "src/core/census/record_stat.c", 
       "src/core/census/rpc_stat_id.h", 
+      "src/core/channel/census_filter.c", 
       "src/core/channel/census_filter.h", 
       "src/core/channel/channel_args.c", 
       "src/core/channel/channel_args.h", 
@@ -12810,6 +12811,7 @@
       "src/core/census/initialize.c", 
       "src/core/census/record_stat.c", 
       "src/core/census/rpc_stat_id.h", 
+      "src/core/channel/census_filter.c", 
       "src/core/channel/census_filter.h", 
       "src/core/channel/channel_args.c", 
       "src/core/channel/channel_args.h", 
diff --git a/vsprojects/grpc/grpc.vcxproj b/vsprojects/grpc/grpc.vcxproj
index 067f341b9570b70fb4195cb7d91ce14b5fef9ca7..a87ad29d495234d741ce9f4817418521648974e0 100644
--- a/vsprojects/grpc/grpc.vcxproj
+++ b/vsprojects/grpc/grpc.vcxproj
@@ -389,6 +389,8 @@
     </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\src\core\census\grpc_context.c">
     </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\src\core\channel\census_filter.c">
+    </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\src\core\channel\channel_args.c">
     </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\src\core\channel\channel_stack.c">
diff --git a/vsprojects/grpc/grpc.vcxproj.filters b/vsprojects/grpc/grpc.vcxproj.filters
index fcc40c3a4bab803ef18d13d12e0bb8d55b418a71..c8812faa85c63b31f2040b5b41f1ea939e73adac 100644
--- a/vsprojects/grpc/grpc.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/vsprojects/grpc/grpc.vcxproj.filters
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\src\core\census\grpc_context.c">
       <Filter>src\core\census</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\src\core\channel\census_filter.c">
+      <Filter>src\core\channel</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\src\core\channel\channel_args.c">
       <Filter>src\core\channel</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
diff --git a/vsprojects/grpc_unsecure/grpc_unsecure.vcxproj b/vsprojects/grpc_unsecure/grpc_unsecure.vcxproj
index b95658b70ce78af1b5367dd44c20968865ae8627..06da784323d5b186af8783fe47ab1e216c04a975 100644
--- a/vsprojects/grpc_unsecure/grpc_unsecure.vcxproj
+++ b/vsprojects/grpc_unsecure/grpc_unsecure.vcxproj
@@ -332,6 +332,8 @@
     </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\src\core\census\grpc_context.c">
     </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\src\core\channel\census_filter.c">
+    </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\src\core\channel\channel_args.c">
     </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\src\core\channel\channel_stack.c">
diff --git a/vsprojects/grpc_unsecure/grpc_unsecure.vcxproj.filters b/vsprojects/grpc_unsecure/grpc_unsecure.vcxproj.filters
index 05e9d139e07b9e0825258dd8475eb5354886cc8e..2d10960a792af194cce16105f21256bf59df991b 100644
--- a/vsprojects/grpc_unsecure/grpc_unsecure.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/vsprojects/grpc_unsecure/grpc_unsecure.vcxproj.filters
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\src\core\census\grpc_context.c">
       <Filter>src\core\census</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\src\core\channel\census_filter.c">
+      <Filter>src\core\channel</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\src\core\channel\channel_args.c">
       <Filter>src\core\channel</Filter>
     </ClCompile>