Min Chinese speakers
閩民系 | |
|---|---|
| Total population | |
| Approximately 115,000,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| People's Republic of China (Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hong Kong, Macau), Taiwan Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Japan, Europe, United States | |
| Languages | |
| Min Chinese | |
| Religion | |
| Majority:- Buddhism (Theravada Buddhism or Chinese Buddhism), Confucianism, Daoism, Chinese folk religion Minority:- Christianity, Islam and others | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Han Chinese (Eastern Min, Southern Min, Leizhou people, Hainan people, Taiwanese people, Puxian people, Min-Vietnamese people), Ancient Minyue people |
Min-speaking peoples (simplified Chinese: 闽民系; traditional Chinese: 閩民系; pinyin: Mǐn mínxì) are a major subgroup of ethnic Han Chinese people, speaking Min Chinese languages. They mainly live or trace roots from Fujian, Hainan, Southern Zhejiang and Guangdong province's Leizhou and Chaoshan regions.
The Min Chinese are a strongly diasporic community, with emphasis on entrepreneurship through communal guanxi-based networks. Today, they play a significant role in the economies of Greater China and Southeast Asia, and are heavily represented in business and commercial sectors. In the Chinese diaspora, they form the majority of people in Taiwan and the majority of Han Chinese in Southeast Asian countries, like Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines. The first two countries have majority Teochew-speaking Chinese minorities, whereas the last four house Hokkien-speaking Chinese minorities. Min-speaking enclaves are also significant among Chinese communities in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia. In recent decades, Min-speaking Chinese have established communities across Asia, Europe, Africa and South America.