There are four groups of Chinese living in Myanmar:

The first is the Kokang ethnic group: about 140,000 people, living in the first special zone of Shan State in Myanmar with Kokang as the core, covering an area of ??about 2,700 square meters km, and governs 1 county, 1 city, 2 towns, and 15 townships. The first special zone consists of 1 county, 1 city and 1 special economic zone, namely Kokang County, Laojie City and Qingshuihe Special Economic Zone. It is a group of remaining officers and soldiers who followed Zhu Youlang, Emperor Yongli of the Ming Dynasty, and civilians who were persecuted by the Manchu and Qing government. They moved here more than 300 years ago and have lived in the Kokang area for generations.

The second is a descendant of the 93rd Division of the National Army, living in the Golden Triangle area with Mae Salong, Thailand as the core.

The third is the Chinese: The first Chinese to settle in Myanmar are said to be jade traders who moved into the mountains near Kachin State in northern Myanmar a few centuries ago. They immigrated from Yunnan Province. In 1861, the first Guangdong businessman came to the ancient capital of the Mandalay Dynasty in Myanmar via Singapore. In 1885, the British invaded and occupied the entire Myanmar and incorporated it into a province of India. After that, a large-scale immigration wave occurred. A large number of Chinese immigrated to Myanmar through the Straits Settlements and by sea. The Chinese currently account for 3% of the total population of Myanmar.

The number of Chinese immigrants in Myanmar surged in the 1930s. By the Second World War, the number of Chinese had reached 194,000 to 300,000, accounting for approximately 194,000 to 300,000 of the total population. Population 1. They founded Chinese newspapers, Chinese schools, and established societies. In 1950, there were four Chinese daily newspapers and three weekly magazines in Yangon, and there were more than 200 schools across Myanmar.

The fourth is the Mengwen ethnic group, who mainly live in the northern Shan State of Myanmar. They are the Han people who migrated from the Mangshi area of ??Dehong in the early years. Their current number is about 10,000.