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People group profile · PG046422

The Guiyang Miao of China

The Guiyang Miao of China, numbering about 398,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of China.

They are an indigenous people in the Miao / Hmong people cluster of the Southeast Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Southwestern Guiyang Hmong.

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AI-generated illustration representing the Guiyang Miao people
AI-generated illustration, not a photograph. Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: Miao, Guiyang

Fast facts

Country
China
Population
398,000
Affinity group
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
People cluster
Miao / Hmong
Primary language
Southwestern Guiyang Hmong (hmg)
Primary religion
Ethnoreligion
Strategic Progress Index
Engaged yet Unreached
Evangelical
Less than 2%
GSEC
Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
Lostness priority
Expanding Unreached People Group
Region
Eastern Asia, Asia

Where they live

Gospel status

The Guiyang Miao are Engaged yet Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, but there are sustained efforts to establish self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. In GSEC terms, this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years.

  • Congregations exist Yes
  • Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted

Next steps for the Guiyang Miao

  • Continue prayer and fasting for this group
  • Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
  • Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Primary religion

Ethnoreligion

83% adherents

Primary language

Southwestern Guiyang Hmong · Hmong-Mien family

100% speak Southwestern Guiyang Hmong

Gospel resources in Southwestern Guiyang Hmong

  • Bible not available
  • JESUS Film not available
  • Radio programs not available
  • Gospel recordings 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 Guiyang Miao

  1. 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
  2. Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
  3. Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
  4. Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.

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