What is significant about the Han ethnic group in China?

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Nov 19, 2017

The Han Dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE) was one of the longest of China’s major dynasties. The Han ethnic group comprises 92% of the Chinese population, and 19% of the world's people.

Explanation:

They made many of the significant advances in Chinese history.
https://www.ancient.eu/Han_Dynasty/

92% of the Chinese population and more than 97% of the Taiwanese population are Han. Out of the entire human population in the world, 19% are Han Chinese. Han Chinese have the highest concentrations in the Eastern Provinces of China

So thoroughly did the Han dynasty establish what was thereafter considered Chinese culture that “Han” became the Chinese word denoting someone who is ethnically Chinese.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Han-dynasty