China Ethnic Statistical Yearbook 2020

This fully updated edition of the China Ethnic Statistic Yearbook, comprised of entirely original research, presents data on the socioeconomic situation of China’s 56 ethnic groups. Although the majority of China’s population is of the Han nationality (which accounts for more than 90% of China’s population), the non-Han ethnic groups have a population of more than 100 million. China has officially identified, except for other unknown ethnic groups and foreigners with Chinese citizenship, 55 ethnic minorities. In addition, ethnic minorities vary greatly in size. With a population of more than 15 million, the Zhuang are the largest ethnic minority, and the Lhoba, with a population of only about three thousand, the smallest. 

China’s ethnic diversity has resulted in a special socioeconomic landscape for China itself. How different have China’s ethnic groups been in every sphere of daily life and economic development during China’s fast transition period? In order to answer these questions, we have created a detailed and comparable set of data for each of China’s ethnic groups.

This book presents, in an easy-to-use format, a broad collection of social and economic indicators on China’s 56 ethnic groups. This useful resource profiles the general social and economic situations for each of these ethnic groups. These indicators are compiled and estimated based on the regional and local data gathered from a variety of sources up to 2016 with up to date analysis.

This Yearbook also includes a new chapter on China’s spatial (dis)integration as a multiethnic paradox. 

• China ethnic statistics
• Chinese population structure
• Chinese economic growth
• Population economics
• Chinese economics
• Chinese employment and income distribution
• Chinese living standards
• Agricultural production
• Chinese healthcare
• Chinese social security
• Standards of living
• Ethnic diversity
• Non-Han ethnic groups
• Han nationality
• Chinese citizenship
• Chinese socioeconomic development

• Capital University of Economics and Business, Beijing, China

  Rongxing Guo

Rongxing Guo is Professor (High Talent Support Program of Beijing Municipal Government), Capital University of Economics and Business, Beijing, China. He has published widely on topics such as global and regional issues (with an emphasis on cross-border issues) and Chinese economics. He has 30 years of experience teaching and researching in China, as well as in Australia, Japan, South Korea, Italy, Germany and the USA. He has led research projects for the OECD and the World Bank, and undertaken consultation for the Chinese government.

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