Christianity is a minority in Liaoning, a province of the People's Republic of China. Multimillionaire Leung Moon-Lam intended to build a theme park on the Bible there. The number of Christians in the province has increased dramatically since the Cultural Revolution, having been at about 60,000 in 1965. A significant minority are of Korean origin. The number of registered churches and meeting points exceeds 1000. The number of Protestants exceeds half a million. The number of Christians in Shenyang was estimated to be 200,000 as of 2000. An estimate for 1996 was 70,000. Shenyang has North East Theological Seminary. Liaoning has a far lower number of arrests of Christians than other provinces. Dalian had about 1% Christians in 2003. Fuxin has a Christian population estimated at below 1%.
Roman Catholic dioceses with seat in Liaoning
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Shenyang
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Fushun
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Yingkou
See also
- Christianity in Liaoning's neighbouring provinces
References
- "Ikon - Kerknieuws.nl Mobiel". Archived from the original on 10 August 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
- ^ Refugee Review Tribunal unhcr.org
- "City Focus: Fuxin". Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
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