E/CN.4/1995/91 page 123 Protestants Statistical data on the Protestant community in China Information provided by the Office of Religious Affairs 700 000 6.5 million Information provided by the CPPCC Number of Protestants 1949: 1994: Number of religious workers 18 000 clergymen and missionaries 1 000 seminarists Number of churches 8 000 8 000 Number of meeting places 20 000 20 000 Number of seminaries 13 13 Number of bibles printed 1949: 1994: 700 000 7 million Early 1980s: 10 million Since 1994: 2 200 000 Newspaper "Tian Feng" (Heavenly Wind) Number of national Protestant associations National Committee of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement of the Protestant Church in China (1954) China Christian Council (1980) "Heaven" Taoists Statistical data on the Taoist community (2 main sects Quanzhen Taoism and Zhengyi Taoism) Number of priests and nuns living in temples Information provided by the Office of Religious Affairs 6 000 Number of Taoists not living in temples Information provided by the CPPCC 10 000 30 to 40 000 Number of temples open to the public 600 1 000 Associations China Taoist Association (national) (1957) 80 local organizations Newspaper China Taoism