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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 .