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title: "Religion in China"
description: "The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life has assembled a variety of resources on religion in China and Asia, including reports, event transcripts, polling data and news clips. Pew Forum Resources China Report Religion in China on the Eve of the 2008 Beijing Olympics May 2, 2008 Senior Fellow Brian Grim examines the religious […]"
date: "2008-07-10"
authors:
  - name: "Benjamin Wormald"
    job_title: "Senior Engineer"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/benjamin-wormald/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2008/07/10/publicationpage-aspxid971/"
---

# Religion in China

The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life has assembled a variety of resources on religion in China and Asia, including reports, event transcripts, polling data and news clips.

## Pew Forum Resources

### China

Report [Religion in China on the Eve of the 2008 Beijing Olympics](/docs/?DocID=301) May 2, 2008 Senior Fellow Brian Grim examines the religious demographics of China and finds that nearly a third of the Chinese public considers religion to be important in their lives.

Event [Building a 'Harmonious Society' in China](https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2005/09/26/building-a-harmonious-society-in-china/) Sept. 26, 2005 The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life co-hosted a panel addressing the role of faith-based organizations in China's emerging civil society at a conference at the Center for Strategic & International Studies.

### Asia

Report [Presidential Election in South Korea Highlights Influence of Christianity](/docs/?DocID=269) Dec. 12, 2007 The presidential election in South Korea on Dec. 19, 2007, drew attention to the growing presence of Christianity in a country that as recently as 1960 had fewer than a million Christians.

Overview[ Pentecostalism in Asia](/surveys/pentecostal/asia/) Oct. 5, 2006 An overview of pentecostal history and politics in Asia, one of three continents included in [Spirit and Power](/surveys/pentecostal/), a global survey of pentecostal and charismatic Christians.

Other Resources

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[](http://pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/global/reports/display.php?ReportID=263)

[](http://pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/global/reports/display.php?ReportID=260)

[](http://pewresearch.org/pubs/776/china-internet)

[](http://pewresearch.org/pubs/656/how-the-world-sees-china)

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[](http://www.cfr.org/publication/16385/symposium_on_religion_and_the_future_of_china.html)

[](http://www.cfr.org/publication/16272/)

[](http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5704322)

[](http://www.asianresearch.org/articles/1933.html)

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