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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Jiamao Li of China

The Jiamao Li of China, numbering approximately 110,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an ethnic subgroup of the Li (Hlai) people, an indigenous community primarily living on Hainan Island, China. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Jiamao is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Li, Jiamao

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Southeast Asian Peoples
Country: China
People Cluster: Li
Primary Language(s): Jiamao (jio)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 110,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG007260
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

20%
%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Jiamao
Language Family: Tai-Kadai

100%
%
Jiamao Speakers

Media Resources in Jiamao:

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Bible Resources in Jiamao:

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Explore Lostness and Next Steps

Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

Next steps for the Jiamao Li:
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Pray specifically for the Jiamao Li of China

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 17:27

Pray that those who don't yet know Christ will search diligently for God and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.

"O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me."
readJohn 17:25

Pray that the lost will come to know the Father and Jesus Christ, whom He has sent, and that they will be filled with His love and grace.

I will sing of the steadfast love of the Lord, forever; with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.
readPsalm 89:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will declare and record His faithfulness and love to be passed on from generation to generation.

Let them praise his name with dancing, making melody to him with tambourine and lyre!
readPsalm 149:3

Pray that God will send His people across cultures to share the gospel so that those who don't yet know the truth about Him might praise His name and share the hope of Christ with others.

Li, Jiamao Across Countries (ROP3 - 114168) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountry ▼PopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Jiamao LiPG007260Jiamao LiChina110,000Unengaged and UnreachedJiamaoEthnoreligion

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