Chinese in Thailand

160,000. According to a survey conducted by the National Institute of Development Management of Thailand, there are about160,000 Chinese in Thailand, accounting for 24.58% of the total population of Thailand. Chinese in Thailand refer to Chinese living in Thailand, and quite a few of them come from Chaoshan area in China. Chaoshan people live in more than 0/00 countries and regions all over the world, and Thailand is the country with the largest concentration of overseas Chaoshan people. Chinese in Thailand can be divided into two categories: one is the old overseas Chinese who have lived in Thailand for more than two generations, mainly Chaoshan people; Another group is new immigrants.