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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Changshu Miao of China

The Changshu Miao of China, numbering approximately 26,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a distinct subgroup of the Miao (苗族) ethnic minority in southwest China, known for their unique dress, language variety, and strong sense of separate identity. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash: Changshu Miao

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Southeast Asian Peoples
Country: China
People Cluster: Miao / Hmong
Primary Language(s): Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao (cqd)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 26,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG006709
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

92%
%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao
Language Family: Hmong-Mien

100%
%
Miao, Chuanqiandian Cluster Speakers

Media Resources in Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Changshu Miao 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 Changshu 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

Pray specifically for the Changshu Miao of China

The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
readPsalm 19:1

Pray that those who are lost will look to the heavens and see the glory of God displayed, leading them to seek Him and know Him as their Creator and Savior.

For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.
read2 Timothy 4:3-4

Pray that the lost will be open to the truth of the gospel and turn from false teachings and myths to the sound doctrine of Christ in faith.

Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall speak.
readExodus 4:12

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, God will equip them with the words and wisdom to proclaim His message effectively.

In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.
readEphesians 1:13-14

Pray that God will work through believers near and far in bringing the lost to Himself, giving them what they need to do the task He has set before them, and helping them rest in Him because He has given them His Spirit.

Miao, Changshu Across Countries (ROP3 - 114024) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▼CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Changshu MiaoPG006709Changshu MiaoChina26,500Engaged yet UnreachedChuanqiandian Cluster MiaoEthnoreligion

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