China

The People's Republic of China is world’s largest country by population and is the third largest country by area. China’s recent rapid development has made the country a major force in world affairs.

Population

• Population: 1,326,789,820 [UK: 60,776,238]
• Density: 140 per sq km [UK: 250 per sq km]
• 92% ethnic Han Chinese
• 55 ethnic minorities

[Statistics: CIA World Factbook]

Religions

• Non-religious 49.58%
• Chinese religions 28.5%
• Buddhist 8.38%
• Christian 7.25%
• Traditional ethnic 4.29%
• Muslim 2%

[Statistics: Operation World]

Opportunities

There are openings for Christian professionals in a wide range of disciplines including:

• Engineering
• Business
• Development work
• Medicine and Allied Health
• English teaching
• Language study programmes
• Short-term opportunities

Visit www.chinasmillions.org for more information or the OMF UK China area .