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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The She of China

The She of China, numbering approximately 900,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as an ethnolinguistic community of China They are an Indigenous people, with She (China) as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Yao-Mien people cluster of the Southeast Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Daoism. They primarily speak Chinese, Hakka.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: She

Fast Facts*:

Affinity Group: Southeast Asian Peoples
Country: China
People Cluster: Yao-Mien
Primary Language(s): Chinese, Hakka (hak)
Primary Religion(s): Daoism
Population: 900,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG007384
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Pray for the She of China

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Daoism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

70%
%
Daoism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Chinese, Hakka
Language Family: Sino-Tibetan

100%
%
Chinese, Hakka Speakers

Media Resources in Chinese, Hakka:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
JESUSView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Chinese, Hakka:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Today's Taiwanese Hakka Bible✓✓✓
Kartidaya✓

2 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Chinese, Hakka bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The She 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 She:
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 She of China

Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
readJohn 3:18

Pray for those who are living under the burden of their sin to believe in Jesus, the only Son of God, and receive freedom.

Behold, you shall call a nation that you do not know, and a nation that did not know you shall run to you, because of the LORD your God, and of the Holy One of Israel, for he has glorified you.
readIsaiah 55:5

Pray that those who do not know God will access the gospel, run to Him, and discover that He is the one their souls have been longing for.

“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.”
readLamentations 3:24

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and walk through trials, they will be satisfied with the Lord as their portion and will place all their hope in Him.

There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.
readMark 7:15

Pray for Christians to take any opportunity to share the hope of Jesus with lost people here, praying they will be wise like Jesus as they share the truth about what can defile people and what can make them clean.

She Across Countries (ROP3 - 108927) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
ShePG007384SheChina900,000Engaged yet UnreachedChinese, HakkaDaoism

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