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The Zuojiang Zhuang of China

The Zuojiang Zhuang of China, numbering approximately 1,670,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are one of several linguistic subgroups of Zhuang, China's largest ethnic minority (Guangxi). They mostly adhere to Chinese Folk Religion and Zuojiang Zhuang is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Southeast Asian Peoples
Country: China
People Cluster: Zhuang
Primary Language(s): Zuojiang Zhuang (zzj)
Primary Religion(s): Chinese Folk Religion
Population: 1,670,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG022143
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Pray for the Zuojiang Zhuang of China

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Chinese Folk Religion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

40%
%
Chinese Folk Religion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Zuojiang Zhuang
Language Family: Tai-Kadai

60%
%
Zhuang, Zuojiang Speakers

Media Resources in Zuojiang Zhuang:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Zuojiang Zhuang:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Zuojiang Zhuang bible at Bible.com

Linked from YouVersion

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Zuojiang 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 Zuojiang 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 Zuojiang Zhuang of China

As it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God".
readRomans 3:10-11

Pray that God will have mercy on those living in broken relationship with Him, and that He will bring many to surrender and repentance at the throne of grace.

Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head and fell on the ground and worshiped. And he said, ‘Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.’ In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrong.
readJob 1:20-22

Pray that those who mourn will worship God in the midst of their suffering and loss, recognizing He is the source of all good things and that He is worthy of their praise and trust.

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
read2 Corinthians 5:17

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will understand and experience the truth that in Christ, they are a new creation, and the old has gone and the new has come.

And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and everyone marveled.
readMark 5:20

Pray that God will bring people who appear beyond hope to faith in Jesus and that they will then go and tell others of the marvelous things He has done.

Zhuang, Zuojiang Across Countries (ROP3 - 115007) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion ▼
Zuojiang ZhuangPG022143Zuojiang ZhuangChina1,670,000Engaged yet UnreachedZuojiang ZhuangChinese Folk Religion

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