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The Han Chinese of United Kingdom

The Han Chinese of United Kingdom, numbering approximately 197,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Han Chinese ethnolinguistic group of southern China's Pearl River Delta who speak Cantonese and share a regional heritage shaped by Lingnan culture, maritime trade, and extensive overseas migration. They mostly adhere to Chinese Folk Religion and Yue Chinese is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: Han Chinese

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: East Asian Peoples
Country: United Kingdom
People Cluster: Chinese
Primary Language(s): Yue Chinese (yue)
Primary Religion(s): Chinese Folk Religion
Population: 197,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG043796
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Pray for the Han Chinese of United Kingdom

Join others around the world in praying for the lost to be saved, the gospel to advance, the global Church to grow, and for laborers to be sent out and sustained in the harvest.

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Chinese Folk Religion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

75%
%
Chinese Folk Religion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Yue Chinese
Language Family: Sino-Tibetan

100%
%
Chinese, Yue Speakers

Media Resources in Yue Chinese:

Films:
Title Link
JESUS View Film
Magdalena View Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Yue Chinese:

Bible Name (Translation) Video Audio Text
Revised chinese Union Version (Shen Edition) ✓ ✓
Studium Biblicum Version (Catholic) ✓ ✓
Union Version ✓ ✓
Union Version ✓ ✓

4 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Yue Chinese bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Han Chinese 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:
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 of United Kingdom

O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted; you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.
readPsalm 10:17-18

Pray that God, in accordance with His good character, will give justice to those who are oppressed by sin and that they will know that His offer of salvation is for everyone.

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.
readPsalm 1:1-2

Pray that God will call out many sons and daughters from among them and give them a deep love for His Word.

But you said, "I will surely do you good, and make your offspring as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude."
readGenesis 32:12

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will experience God's presence and protection even in difficult circumstances, knowing that He will make them fruitful.

And thus I make it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, lest I build on someone else's foundation, but as it is written, "Those who have never been told of him will see, and those who have never heard will understand."
readRomans 15:20-21

Pray that God will send believers to cross cultures and proclaim the gospel where Christ has not been named, so that the nations might glorify God for His mercy.

Han Chinese, Cantonese Across Countries (ROP3 - 103701) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index

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25 people groups

Photo People Group ID Name Country Population ▼ Strategic Progress Index Language Religion
Han Chinese (Cantonese) PG006808 Han Chinese (Cantonese) China 64,770,000 No Longer Unreached Yue Chinese Chinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Cantonese) PG050587 Han Chinese (Cantonese) Hong Kong 6,245,000 No Longer Unreached Yue Chinese Chinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Cantonese) PG046594 Han Chinese (Cantonese) Malaysia 1,935,000 No Longer Unreached Yue Chinese Chinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Cantonese) PG043259 Han Chinese (Cantonese) United States 1,030,000 No Longer Unreached Yue Chinese Atheism
Han Chinese (Cantonese) PG046444 Han Chinese (Cantonese) Vietnam 790,000 No Longer Unreached Yue Chinese Chinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Cantonese) PG050584 Han Chinese (Cantonese) Macao 669,000 No Longer Unreached Yue Chinese Chinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Cantonese) PG047426 Han Chinese (Cantonese) Canada 573,000 No Longer Unreached Yue Chinese Chinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Cantonese) PG020725 Han Chinese (Cantonese) Singapore 512,000 No Longer Unreached Yue Chinese Chinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese PG043796 Han Chinese United Kingdom 197,000 No Longer Unreached Yue Chinese Chinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Cantonese) PG017533 Han Chinese (Cantonese) Peru 118,000 No Longer Unreached Yue Chinese Chinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese PG024831 Han Chinese Panama 69,500 No Longer Unreached Yue Chinese Atheism
Han Chinese PG016447 Han Chinese Trinidad and Tobago 44,500 No Longer Unreached Yue Chinese Chinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese PG009111 Han Chinese Laos 36,500 No Longer Unreached Yue Chinese Chinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese PG015468 Han Chinese Reunion 31,500 No Longer Unreached Yue Chinese Chinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Cantonese) PG016472 Han Chinese (Cantonese) Venezuela 30,000 No Longer Unreached Yue Chinese Chinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Cantonese) PG016322 Han Chinese (Cantonese) Dominican Republic 12,000 No Longer Unreached Yue Chinese Chinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Cantonese) PG042924 Han Chinese (Cantonese) Ecuador 9,700 No Longer Unreached Yue Chinese Atheism
Han Chinese (Cantonese) PG000058 Han Chinese (Cantonese) Belgium 9,500 No Longer Unreached Yue Chinese Atheism
Han Chinese (Cantonese) PG015361 Han Chinese (Cantonese) Mauritius 8,400 No Longer Unreached Yue Chinese Chinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese PG033444 Han Chinese Brunei 7,900 No Longer Unreached Yue Chinese Chinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Cantonese) PG024760 Han Chinese (Cantonese) Honduras 7,900 No Longer Unreached Yue Chinese Chinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Cantonese) PG016362 Han Chinese (Cantonese) Guyana 3,300 No Longer Unreached Yue Chinese Chinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Cantonese) PG015656 Han Chinese (Cantonese) Zimbabwe 1,600 No Longer Unreached Yue Chinese Chinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese PG016401 Han Chinese Curacao 1,100 No Longer Unreached Yue Chinese Chinese Folk Religion
Han Chinese (Cantonese) PG016380 Han Chinese (Cantonese) Haiti 550 No Longer Unreached Yue Chinese Chinese Folk Religion

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