In a national religious conference, Chinese President Xi Jinping highlighted fully implementing the Party's theory of religious work in the new era, the basic principles of religious work, and the policy of freedom of religious belief.
According to the official Xinhua news agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made remarks at a national religious work conference held in Beijing from December 3rd to 4th.
The conference summarized achievements and experiences of religious work, analyzed the situation and tasks faced by religious work, and expounded new thoughts, notions and strategies of religious work in the new era. It "clarified the insistence of sinicizing religion in China, and the perseverance of doing a good job in guiding ideology, strategic objectives, key tasks and policy measures for religious work in the new era".
Xi highlighted "fully implementing the CPC’s theory of religious work in the new era, the basic principles of religious work, and the policy of freedom of religious belief". He also adhered to the "direction of Sinicization of religion in China, guiding religion to adapt to the socialist society, improving the self-administration level of the religion, and the level of institutionalization of governing religious affairs".
“Efforts must be made to better organize and guide religious believers to work together with the broad masses of the people for the Chinese dream of building a socialist modernization power in an all-round way and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation,” he said.
“We should strengthen control of online religious affairs. We must effectively solve the outstanding problems that affect the proper inheritance of religion in China.”
Xi Jinping pointed out that it was necessary to support and guide the religious sector to strengthen self-education, self-administration, and self-discipline, to comprehensively and strictly govern religion. The religious sector should take the lead in adhering to laws and regulations and promoting religious cultivation.
“Religious activities should be carried out within the scope stipulated by laws and regulations, and should not damage citizen’s physical health, should not break public order, and should not interfere with educational, judicial and administrative affairs as well as social life.”
- Translated by Charlie Li
全国宗教工作会议12月3日至4日在北京召开。
据新华网报道，全国中共中央总书记、国家主席、中央军委主席习近平出席会议并发表讲话。
此次会议全面总结宗教工作的成绩经验，深入分析宗教工作面临的形势任务，系统阐述了新时代宗教工作的新思想新理念新战略，明确了坚持我国宗教中国化方向、做好新时代宗教工作的指导思想、战略目标、重点任务和政策举措。
习书记强调，“全面贯彻新时代党的宗教工作理论，全面贯彻党的宗教工作基本方针，全面贯彻党的宗教信仰自由政策，坚持我国宗教中国化方向，积极引导宗教与社会主义社会相适应，提高宗教界自我管理水平，提高宗教事务治理法治化水平。”
“更好组织和引导信教群众同广大人民群众一道为全面建成社会主义现代化强国、实现中华民族伟大复兴的中国梦而团结奋斗，”他补充道。
“要加强互联网宗教事务管理。要切实解决影响我国宗教健康传承的突出问题。”
习近平指出，要支持引导宗教界加强自我教育、自我管理、自我约束，全面从严治教，带头守法遵规、提升宗教修为。
“宗教活动应当在法律法规规定范围内开展，不得损害公民身体健康，不得违背公序良俗，不得干涉教育、司法、行政职能和社会生活。”
全国宗教工作会议北京召开
In a national religious conference, Chinese President Xi Jinping highlighted fully implementing the Party's theory of religious work in the new era, the basic principles of religious work, and the policy of freedom of religious belief.
According to the official Xinhua news agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made remarks at a national religious work conference held in Beijing from December 3rd to 4th.
The conference summarized achievements and experiences of religious work, analyzed the situation and tasks faced by religious work, and expounded new thoughts, notions and strategies of religious work in the new era. It "clarified the insistence of sinicizing religion in China, and the perseverance of doing a good job in guiding ideology, strategic objectives, key tasks and policy measures for religious work in the new era".
Xi highlighted "fully implementing the CPC’s theory of religious work in the new era, the basic principles of religious work, and the policy of freedom of religious belief". He also adhered to the "direction of Sinicization of religion in China, guiding religion to adapt to the socialist society, improving the self-administration level of the religion, and the level of institutionalization of governing religious affairs".
“Efforts must be made to better organize and guide religious believers to work together with the broad masses of the people for the Chinese dream of building a socialist modernization power in an all-round way and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation,” he said.
“We should strengthen control of online religious affairs. We must effectively solve the outstanding problems that affect the proper inheritance of religion in China.”
Xi Jinping pointed out that it was necessary to support and guide the religious sector to strengthen self-education, self-administration, and self-discipline, to comprehensively and strictly govern religion. The religious sector should take the lead in adhering to laws and regulations and promoting religious cultivation.
“Religious activities should be carried out within the scope stipulated by laws and regulations, and should not damage citizen’s physical health, should not break public order, and should not interfere with educational, judicial and administrative affairs as well as social life.”
- Translated by Charlie Li
Beijing Holds National Religious Work Conference
