People group profile · PG006979
The Han Chinese (Min Zhong) of China
The Han Chinese (Min Zhong) of China, numbering about 966,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic subgroup of Han Chinese originating in the Sha county of China's Fujian province.
They are an indigenous people in the Chinese people cluster of the East Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Atheism, and they primarily speak Min Zhong Chinese.

Fast facts
- Country
- China
- Population
- 966,000
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Chinese
- Primary language
- Min Zhong Chinese (czo)
- Primary religion
- Atheism
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5%
- GSEC
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Marginally Reached People Group
- Region
- Eastern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Fujian province: Sha county, Sanming and Yong’an municipalities
Where they live
Gospel status
The Han Chinese (Min Zhong) are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 2% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Han Chinese (Min Zhong)
- Pray for the churches among this group to grow in faithfulness and maturity
- Equip believers to reach the unreached peoples around them
- Send out laborers from this people to the nations
Primary religion
Atheism · Unaffiliated
36% adherents
Primary language
Min Zhong Chinese · Sino-Tibetan family
100% speak Min Zhong Chinese
Gospel resources in Min Zhong Chinese
- Bible available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Han Chinese (Min Zhong)
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
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