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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Eastern Yongbei Zhuang of China

The Eastern Yongbei Zhuang of China, numbering approximately 746,000 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 Yongbei Zhuang is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: Zhuang, Yongbei Eastern

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Southeast Asian Peoples
Country: China
People Cluster: Zhuang
Primary Language(s): Yongbei Zhuang (zyb)
Primary Religion(s): Chinese Folk Religion
Population: 746,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG048783

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Chinese Folk Religion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

90%
%
Chinese Folk Religion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Yongbei Zhuang
Language Family: Tai-Kadai

100%
%
Zhuang, Yongbei Speakers

Media Resources in Yongbei Zhuang:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Yongbei Zhuang:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
New Bridge Publishing Company Limited, 2016✓✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Yongbei Zhuang bible at Bible.com

Linked from YouVersion

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Eastern Yongbei 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 Eastern Yongbei 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 Eastern Yongbei Zhuang of China

And the people of Israel went into the midst of the sea on dry ground, the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.
readExodus 14:22

Pray that the God who split the sea so that the Israelites might pass through would do another great work among these people, softening the hearts of those who remain lost to the good news and saving them from their sins.

Greet also the church in their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in Asia."
readRomans 16:5

Pray for houses to be meeting places for Christians and that God will advance the gospel and grow His Church through natural familial and community relationships.

For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to learn about your faith, for fear that somehow the tempter had tempted you and our labor would be in vain.
read2 Thessalonians 3:5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will persevere according to God's command, walk in faith, and be strong so that they can resist the evil one’s deception.

You also must help us by prayer, so that many will give thanks on our behalf for the blessing granted us through the prayers of many.
read2 Corinthians 1:11

Pray that many people will join in praying for the spread of the gospel here, and that God will answer these prayers by drawing more people to Himself.

Zhuang, Eastern Yongbei Across Countries (ROP3 - 116340) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Eastern Yongbei ZhuangPG048783Eastern Yongbei ZhuangChina746,000Engaged yet UnreachedYongbei ZhuangChinese Folk Religion

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