Han Chinese (Hakka) of Hong Kong (PGID: PG050597)

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The Han Chinese (Hakka) of Hong Kong

The Han Chinese (Hakka) of Hong Kong, numbering approximately 254,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Han Chinese ethnolinguistic people of southern China distinguished by their Hakka language, migratory heritage, and a distinctive cultural identity shaped by settlement in dispersed upland communities. They mostly adhere to Chinese Folk Religion and Hakka Chinese is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: Han Chinese, Hakka

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: East Asian Peoples
Country: Hong Kong
People Cluster: Chinese
Primary Language(s): Hakka Chinese (hak)
Primary Religion(s): Chinese Folk Religion
Population: 254,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG050597
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Chinese Folk Religion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

70%

Chinese Folk Religion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Hakka Chinese
Language Family: Sino-Tibetan

100%

Chinese, Hakka Speakers

Media Resources in Hakka Chinese:

Films:

Title	Link
JESUS	View Film
JESUS	View Film

2 films

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Hakka Chinese:

Bible Name (Translation)	Video	Audio	Text
Today's Taiwanese Hakka Bible	✓	✓	✓
Kartidaya		✓

2 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Hakka Chinese bible at Bible.com

Linked from YouVersion

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Han Chinese (Hakka) are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Han Chinese (Hakka):

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

Pray specifically for the Han Chinese (Hakka) of Hong Kong

My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalm 73:26

Pray that those who are lost and struggling to find hope will find their strength and hope in God, recognizing Him as their portion and deliverer forever.

Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon earth.
Psalm 67:4

Pray that God will use ways from in-person witnesses to digital gospel resources to bring the joy of His salvation to everyone so that they can be glad in Him and sing for joy.

Seek the LORD and his strength; seek his presence continually!
Psalm 105:4

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and may feel weak in their current circumstances, they will seek the Lord's presence and persevere in the Lord's strength.

And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven."
Matthew 16:17

Pray that God who is in heaven will place believers in the lives of people who need to encounter the gospel and that He will reveal to them the truth of what they hear.

Han Chinese, Hakka Across Countries (ROP3 - 103691) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index

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Engaged yet Unreached UUPG No Longer Unreached

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14 people groups

People Group ID	Name	Country	Population ▼	Strategic Progress Index	Language	Religion
PG006799	Han Chinese (Hakka)	China	36,240,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Hakka Chinese	Daoism
PG007517	Han Chinese (Hakka)	Taiwan	4,705,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Hakka Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG046596	Han Chinese (Hakka)	Malaysia	402,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Hakka Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG050597	Han Chinese (Hakka)	Hong Kong	254,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Hakka Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG020727	Han Chinese (Hakka)	Singapore	161,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Hakka Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG015362	Han Chinese (Hakka)	Mauritius	22,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Hakka Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG016431	Han Chinese (Hakka)	Suriname	18,000	No Longer Unreached	Hakka Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG016338	Han Chinese (Hakka)	French Guiana	17,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Hakka Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG008246	Han Chinese (Hakka)	French Polynesia	13,500	No Longer Unreached	Hakka Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG042926	Han Chinese (Hakka)	Peru	12,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Hakka Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG016386	Han Chinese (Hakka)	Jamaica	6,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Hakka Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG047429	Han Chinese (Hakka)	Canada	5,900	Engaged yet Unreached	Hakka Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG016363	Han Chinese (Hakka)	Guyana	1,700	Unengaged and Unreached	Hakka Chinese	Chinese Folk Religion
PG047249	Han Chinese (Hakka)	United States	1,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Hakka Chinese	Unaffiliated

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