How Many Chinese Provinces Can You Name?
Everyone has heard of China's most famous cities (Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong), but few could name even one inland province. Hudson Taylor founded the China Inland Mission in the 1800s for precisely this reason, because so few ventured into the heart of the Middle Kingdom.
Our goal is to promote prayer from every US state for every Chinese province (and county). Click on your state below to see which Chinese province to adopt in prayer, and for more info on how to begin praying!
Click on your state to discover your 'adopted' Chinese province!
Provincial Prayer Profiles provided by our good friends at Asia Harvest
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Please let us know that you plan to pray for your adopted province. Also, we need volunteers from each state to help us match up every US county with every Chinese county. No counties left behind!
Pray for China (Apr 26-May 2, 2026)
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Sun, Apr 26 - Pray for Hepingli Neighborhood in central Beijing's well-known and oft-visited Dongcheng District. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepingli_Subdistrict,_Beijing
Beijing is paired w/ Washington D.C. (and surrounding Maryland counties) for prayer: https://prayforchina.us/index.php/maryland/
*Remember that today in China,
Check out today's beautiful pics from Bole in Xinjiang, China, and the following link for all this coming week's Pray for China cities...
Sat, Apr 25 - Pray for Bole (Bo’lay) City in Bortala “Mongolian” Prefecture in far NW Xinjiang Province, bordering Kazakhstan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bole,_Xinjiang
Xinjiang is so large it is paired for prayer with six western US states: Washington, Cali, Oregon, Nevada, Arizona, and Alaska:
CHINA COMPASS
With nearly two decades of experience in the Middle Kingdom, Missionary Ben tackles China’s toughest questions, while telling countless stories and challenging Christians not to fear or despair of China’s rise, but rather to pray and intercede for its repentance and reformation. Join us each week as we keep you informed on current events, evangelism efforts, and the ongoing persecution of Christians in China.