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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:

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Bible Resources in Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao:

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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

And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
readMatthew 24:14

Pray that the message of hope will reach those who are wandering in darkness, offering them a path to eternal life.

The mountains rose, the valleys sank down to the place that you appointed for them.
readPsalm 104:8

Pray that they will see the hand of God in the beauty and order of the natural world, and that they will worship Him as the Creator and Sustainer of all things.

Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.
readColossians 4:6

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, their speech will always be gracious and ready to answer for the hope which is within them.

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
readEphesians 6:12

Ask God to give those He sends to cross cultures the discernment they need to recognize the spiritual battle they are fighting. Pray God will protect their faith as they abide in Him.

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

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Changshu MiaoPG006709Changshu MiaoChina26,500Engaged yet UnreachedChuanqiandian Cluster MiaoEthnoreligion

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