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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Hui of China

The Hui of China, numbering approximately 11,510,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as an ethno-religious sub-group of Mandarin-speaking Han Chinese They are an Indigenous people, with Hui as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Chinese-Hui people cluster of the East Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam. They primarily speak Chinese, Mandarin.

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

Fast Facts*:

Affinity Group: East Asian Peoples
Country: China
People Cluster: Chinese-Hui
Primary Language(s): Chinese, Mandarin (cmn)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 11,510,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG007206
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Pray for the Hui of China

Join others around the world in praying for the lost to be saved, the gospel to advance, the global Church to grow, and for laborers to be sent out and sustained in the harvest.

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

98%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

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

100%
%
Chinese, Mandarin Speakers

Media Resources in Chinese, Mandarin:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film
MagdalenaView Film
The SaviorView Film

5 films

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Bible Resources in Chinese, Mandarin:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Revised Chinese Union Bible Shen Edition✓✓
Union Version✓✓
Union Version✓✓
Tianjing (Huizuban Shengjing)✓✓✓

4 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

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

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Hui 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 Hui:
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 Hui of China

I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently find me.
readProverbs 8:17

As many search for hope, pray they will discover materials that will lead them to Jesus and explain the gospel in a way they will resonate with.

And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place, that they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us.
readActs 17:26-27

Pray that the lost will seek God and find Him, for He is not far from each one of us. Pray that they will have opportunities to access the gospel, learn God's purpose for their lives, and believe in Him.

In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?
readJohn 14:2-3

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will persevere in hope, remembering that Jesus went to prepare a place for them to be with Him for eternity!

Oh give thanks to the LORD; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples!
readPsalm 105:1

Pray that many among them will call on the name of Jesus, develop a heart for the nations, and go to places where the gospel has not yet been received.

Hui Across Countries (ROP3 - 103896) reported in the following countries:

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7 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress Index ▼LanguageReligion
HuiPG049412HuiUnited States2,300Engaged yet UnreachedChinese, MandarinSunni Islam
HuiPG043088HuiThailand91,500Engaged yet UnreachedChinese, MandarinSunni Islam
HuiPG017642HuiTaiwan60,500Engaged yet UnreachedChinese, MandarinSunni Islam
HuiPG007206HuiChina11,510,000Engaged yet UnreachedChinese, MandarinSunni Islam
HuiPG025000HuiMyanmar9,700Unengaged and UnreachedChinese, MandarinSunni Islam
HuiPG020237HuiMalaysia18,000Unengaged and UnreachedChinese, MandarinSunni Islam
HuiPG018444HuiSingapore18,000Unengaged and UnreachedChinese, MandarinSunni Islam

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

*Peoplegroups.org relies on updates from the field and other organizations for much of our data, so if you have any updates, please contact us. We use various international naming standards. For a list of these standards and fields, visit our Data Standards section.

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