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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Central Hongshuihe Zhuang of China

The Central Hongshuihe Zhuang of China, numbering approximately 1,080,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as one of several linguistic subgroups of Zhuang, China's largest ethnic minority (Guangxi) They are an Indigenous people, with Zhuang as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Zhuang people cluster of the Southeast Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Chinese Folk Religion. They primarily speak Zhuang, Central Hongshuihe.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Zhuang, Hongshuihe Central

Fast Facts*:

Affinity Group: Southeast Asian Peoples
Country: China
People Cluster: Zhuang
Primary Language(s): Zhuang, Central Hongshuihe (zch)
Primary Religion(s): Chinese Folk Religion
Population: 1,080,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, Dispersed CP Activity
People Group ID: PG022134
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Chinese Folk Religion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

90%
%
Chinese Folk Religion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Zhuang, Central Hongshuihe
Language Family: Tai-Kadai

100%
%
Zhuang, Central Hongshuihe Speakers

Media Resources in Zhuang, Central Hongshuihe:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Zhuang, Central Hongshuihe:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Central Hongshuihe Zhuang 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 Central Hongshuihe Zhuang:
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 Central Hongshuihe Zhuang of China

For God is the King of all the earth; sing praises with a psalm!
readPsalm 47:7

Pray for those who live for idols that will never satisfy their hearts, asking that someone will tell them that God is the King of all the earth so that they will turn to Him in repentance and praise.

For your steadfast love is great to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds.
readPsalm 57:10

Pray that God will work, even in the hearts of hard-to-reach people, and that they will rejoice in His steadfast love and faithfulness.

For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
readRomans 8:38-39

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have confidence in their salvation, knowing that nothing can separate them from the One who conquered death and loves them as His children.

For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; he is to be feared above all gods.
readPsalm 96:4

Pray that God will raise up believers to declare His glory among the lost, so that they may know that He is great and greatly to be praised, that He is exalted above all gods.

Zhuang, Central Hongshuihe Across Countries (ROP3 - 114996) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Central Hongshuihe ZhuangPG022134Central Hongshuihe ZhuangChina1,080,000Engaged yet UnreachedZhuang, Central HongshuiheChinese Folk Religion

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