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Ethnic minority autonomous areas receive additional state subsidies. [4] [5] Languages of officially recognized minorities are used in official government documents. [6] [non-primary source needed] Soon after the establishment of the People's Republic of China, 39 ethnic groups were recognized by the first national census in 1954.
Ethnic minorities in China are the non-Han population in the People's Republic of China (PRC). The PRC officially recognizes 55 ethnic minority groups within China in addition to the Han majority. [1] As of 2020, the combined population of officially-recognized minority groups comprised 8.89% of the population of Mainland China. [2]
Pages in category "Ethnic groups in China" The following 107 pages are in this category, out of 107 total. ... China Folk Culture Village; Ethnic minorities in China ...
This group includes various other appellations of different groups of Yi. Some of them may be of other ethnic groups but are recognised as Yi by the Chinese. The "Pu" may be relevant to an ancient ethnic group Pu (濮). In the legends of the Northern Yi, the Yi people conquered Pu and its territory in the northeastern part of the modern Liangshan.
The Hui nationality is the most widely distributed ethnic minority in China, and it is also the main ethnic minority in many provinces. There are 10,586,087 Hui people in China (2010 census), accounting for 0.79% of the total population, making them the third largest ethnic group after Han Chinese and Zhuang.
In China, the word minzu (Chinese: 民族; pinyin: mínzú) means a community that inherits culture (文化) or consanguinity (血缘). Depending on the context, the word has various meanings, such as "nation", "race" and "ethnic group". In modern Chinese languages, minzu has a stronger cultural meaning than racial meaning.
The Han Chinese people can be defined into subgroups based on linguistic, cultural, ethnic, genetic, and regional features. The terminology used in Mandarin to describe the groups is: "minxi" (Chinese: 民系; pinyin: mínxì; Wade–Giles: min 2 hsi 4; lit. 'ethnic lineages', pronounced), used in Mainland China or "zuqun" (Chinese: 族群; pinyin: zúqún; Wade–Giles: tzu 2 ch'ün; lit ...
Russians in China are one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized in the People's Republic of China. [2] Enhe Russian Ethnic Township is the only ethnic township in China designated for China's Russian minority. Russians have been living in China for centuries, the earliest being Cossacks that settled in China during the late 17th century ...