Northeast China - Demographics

Demographics

Northeast China has a total population of about 107,400,000 people, accounting for 8% of China’s total population. The majority of the population in the Northeast is now Han Chinese, many of whose ancestors came in the 19th and 20th centuries in a population movement called "Chuang Guandong" (literally: To escape the hardship by going beyond the pass) or Rush to Northeast China, with the majority of them coming from Hebei and Shandong. This could be seen as the equivalent of westward expansion in the USA during the 19th Century

Manchus form the second significant ethnic group in the region. Other major ethnic groups include the Mongols, Koreans, and the Huis.