page_title: Race and ethnicity in censuses
section_title: China
hierarchical_section_title: Race and ethnicity in censuses / Asia / China
caption_attribution_description: English: Ethnolinguistic groups of Mainland China and Taiwan. (English). Source: United States Central Intelligence Agency, 1983. The map shows the distribution of ethnolinguistic groups according to the historical majority ethnic groups by region. Note this does not represent the current distribution due to age-long internal migration and assimilation.
context_page_description: Many countries and national censuses currently enumerate or have previously enumerated their populations by race, ethnicity, nationality, or a combination of these characteristics. Different countries have different classifications and census options for race and ethnicity/nationality which are not comparable with data from other countries. In addition, many of the race and ethnicity concepts that appear on national censuses worldwide have their origins in Europe or in the views of Europeans, rather than in the views of the locals of these countries.
context_section_description: The People's Republic of China counted people by ethnicity since at least 1952 but does not count people by mother tongue.
caption: Ethnolinguistic groups in China in 1983
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