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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Han Chinese (Min Bei) of China

The Han Chinese (Min Bei) of China, numbering approximately 11,300,000 people, are No Longer 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 Atheism and Min Bei Chinese is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Han Chinese, Min Bei

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: East Asian Peoples
Country: China
People Cluster: Chinese
Primary Language(s): Min Bei Chinese (mnp)
Primary Religion(s): Atheism
Population: 11,300,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG006803
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Atheism
Religious Affiliation: Unaffiliated

40%
%
Atheism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Min Bei Chinese
Language Family: Sino-Tibetan

100%
%
Chinese, Min Bei Speakers

Media Resources in Min Bei Chinese:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Min Bei Chinese:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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Or check out the Min Bei Chinese bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Han Chinese (Min Bei) are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Han Chinese (Min Bei):
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Han Chinese (Min Bei) of China

You visit the earth and water it; you greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; you provide their grain, for so you have prepared it.
readPsalm 65:9

Give thanks for God's provision in nature, and pray that those who don't know Him will recognize His hand, desire to know their Creator, and hear the truth that Jesus is the solution to the world's greatest need.

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.

I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
readPsalm 121:1-2

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and experience hardship, God will remind them that their help comes from the One who made heaven and earth and that He is powerful to meet their needs.

This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
read1 John 1:5

Pray that God will raise up believers who can share the gospel with people who don't know the good news of Jesus, that God is light and in him, there is no darkness at all.

Han Chinese, Min Bei Across Countries (ROP3 - 102138) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▲Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Han Chinese (Min Bei)PG020730Han Chinese (Min Bei)Singapore19,000No Longer UnreachedMin Bei ChineseChinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Min Bei)PG006803Han Chinese (Min Bei)China11,300,000No Longer UnreachedMin Bei ChineseAtheism

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