According to the 2020 census, China is home to approximately 11.3 million Hui people. Outside China, the 170,000 Dungan people of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, the Panthays in Myanmar, and many of the Chin Haws in Thailand are also considered part of the Hui ethnicity.OverviewThe Hui people are an East Asian predominantly composed of The Hui were referred to. Hui people descend from and immigrants. Their ancestors were of primarily East Asian and origin, with some ancestry from ethnic groups such as and,. The Hui nationality is the most widely distributed ethnic minority in China, and it is also the main ethnic minority in many provinces. There are 10,586,087 Hui people in China (2010 census), accounting for 0.79% o. Many Hui are direct descendants of Silk Road travelers. On the southeast coast (e.g.,, ) and in major trade centers elsewhere in China, some are of mixed local and foreign descent. The foreign ele. Some Hui believed that Islam was the true religion through which could be practiced, superior to "barbarian" religions, and accused Buddhists and Daoists of "", like most other Confucian. Most Hui people are, and their Islamic sects can be divided into: • (Old Sect ): This is the oldest and most widely followed sect in China. Members typically do not actively proselytise. In Southeast Asia, presence of Hui Muslims may date back 700 years to the time of, who was a Hui. Hui people also joined the wave of Chinese migrants that peaked between 1875 and 1912. They inhabited.