202 1 what is the number of overseas Chinese?

In 20021year, the total population of overseas Chinese has reached more than 60 million, distributed in 198 countries and regions in the world.

Chinese, the abbreviation of "China people", refers to the Han nationality in ancient times, and now refers to China people and people of China origin who have joined or acquired foreign nationality. "Hua" is the ancient name of China. In ancient China, China people living in other places were called "overseas Chinese" and "overseas Chinese", and the appellation of foreign "China people" evolved from "overseas Chinese".

Most people in China can speak Chinese. In East Asia, Chinese (or China people) in countries influenced by China culture can generally speak Chinese (including Chinese dialects) and read Chinese.

Outside Asia, except for the first generation of Chinese immigrants, most of the second and third generation Chinese (including mixed-race Chinese) rarely read Chinese, or can only speak spoken Chinese, or even don't know Chinese at all, and can only communicate in the local language.

The language life in China society is generally dominated by dialects, and Mandarin and local national languages are used together, gradually forming a multilingual situation. Among overseas Chinese, there are not many people who speak Mandarin as their mother tongue, and the Chinese community uses Minnan dialect, Cantonese and Hakka dialect more.