Chinese salvationist religions (救度宗教 jiùdù zōngjiào) is a sociological category that defines a centuries-old religious stream of China, distinguished by a concern for salvation (moral fulfillment) of the person and the society. The 20th-century expression of this kind of religions has been studied under the definition of redemptive societies (救世团体 jiùshì tuántǐ). Chinese scholarship tends to describe them as folk religious sects (民間宗教 mínjiān zōngjiào, 民间教门 mínjiān jiàomén or 民间教派 mínjiān jiàopài).