How many nationalities are there in China?

There are 56 officially recognized ethnic groups in China.

There are Han, Mongolian, Hui, Tibetan, Uygur, Miao, Yi, Zhuang, Buyi, Korean, Manchu, Dong, Yao, Bai, Tujia, Hani, Kazak, Dai, Li, Wa, She, Gaoshan and Lahu. Tajik, Nu, Uzbek, Russian, Ewenki, De 'ang, Baoan, Yugur, Jing, Tatar, Dulong, Oroqen, Hezhe, Menba, Loba and Jino.

In China, 55 ethnic groups except Han nationality are customarily called "ethnic minorities" because of their relatively small population. Ethnic minorities are mainly distributed in the northwest, southwest and northeast.

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The number of ethnic groups in China is not a hard number that cannot be changed. In recent years, with the increase of cross-strait economic exchanges, cross-strait academic exchanges have become increasingly frequent, and mainland humanities scholars have a certain understanding of the general situation of ethnic minorities in Taiwan Province Province. Scholars should have the courage to learn and put forward their own views confidently.

Since the ethnic minorities on the island do not agree with the title of "Gaoshan Ethnic Group" and have their own satisfactory ethnic names, they should respect their independent choices and deal with this ethnic problem realistically. In addition, respecting ethnic minorities has always been our basic ethnic policy.

reference data

56 nationalities _ Baidu Encyclopedia