The Chinese is an international breed of domestic goose, known by this name in Europe and in North America.

As the name suggests, it is believed to have originated in China, where there are more than twenty different breeds of knob goose.

[5]: 20 [11]: 203 In the twenty-first century it is an endangered breed: it is reported to DAD-IS by seven countries – Australia, Lithuania, Moldova, the Russian Federation, Slovenia, Suriname and the UK – but none of them report population data.

[13] The Livestock Conservancy in the United States lists it as watch, its third level of concern.

[3] It appears in two varieties: the grey or brown, with colouring similar to that of the wild Anser cygnoides, and the white.