With Jiangsu Province announcing that the Internet religious information service license examination will be launched in the middle of this month, all provinces in China have successively started the licensing work.
On February 28th, the Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committee of Zhejiang Province announced that it would start licensing Internet religious information services in the whole province from March 1st when the Administrative Measures for Internet Religious Information Services came into force.
The legal person organization or unincorporated organization that intends to engage in Internet religious information service shall apply to the Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committee of Zhejiang Province, which will make a decision of approval or disapproval within 20 days from the date of accepting the application.
The notice said, "According to the requirement of 'one-stop administrative service' in Zhejiang Province, the Committee will set up Zhejiang Internet religious information service processing area on the official website and conduct online processing."
It continued, "The relevant formalities shall be handled in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Measures for the Administration of Internet Religious Information Services within 6 months from the effective date."
"According to the requirements of the Measures, the Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committee of Zhejiang Province plans to hold the "Zhejiang Internet religious information examiner training course", in order to effectively facilitate the applicants' work and effectively improve the examination ability of religious information examiners". Pre-application will be accepted from March 8, 2022.
The training content includes religious policies and regulations, management measures of Internet religious information service, anti-cult knowledge, anti-terrorism knowledge, Internet religious cases, basic knowledge of various religions, and matters related to the application for Internet religious information service license. No training fee is charged, but the trainees will pay for their own transportation, accommodation and meals.
On the same day, Anhui Province also issued a notice on the licensing of Internet religious information services, saying that "the examination of Internet religious information examiners will be carried out in due course".
On March 1st, the Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committee of Shandong Province released a similar announcement. It read, "Since March 1st, the Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committee of Shandong Province started to accept the application for Internet religious information service license by qualified legal person organizations or unincorporated organizations. The Committee will make a decision within 20 working days from the date of accepting the application, and issue the Internet religious information service license to the applicants who are granted the approval."
The Committee also expressed that training courses for information examiners will be held in waves. The first training course is initially scheduled to be held in the middle and late March. The training class has started accepting pre-applications, and will inform the training time later.
On the same day, Shaanxi Province also announced that it would make a decision of approval or disapproval within 20 days from the date of accepting the license application. The scope of study includes Xi Jinping's thought of rule of law, the Constitution, socialist core values, laws and regulations related to religious affairs, Civil Code, National Security Law, Cyber Security Law, and other related laws, regulations and religious knowledge. The examination content covers but is not limited to the above contents.
On March 3rd, the Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committee of Guangdong Province claimed that the applicants could also make online applications. The Committee will make a decision of approval or disapproval within 20 days from the date of accepting the application.
The Committee will also organize training for religious information examiners, hold several training courses for offline information examiners, and also build an online training system. The self-study materials should include laws and regulations related to religious affairs, other laws and regulations, regulations of religious organizations and religious knowledge, etc.
- Translated by Oliver Zuo
随着江苏省发布本月中旬将展开互联网宗教信息服务许可证考试，中国各省也陆续发布开展互联网宗教信息服务许可工作。
2月28日，浙江省民族宗教事务委员会声称于3月1日起在全省开展互联网宗教信息服务许可工作。
拟从事互联网宗教信息服务的法人组织或者非法人组织，应当向浙江省民族宗教事务委员会提出申请，后者自受理申请之日起20日内作出批准或者不予批准的决定。
“据浙江省政务服务‘最多跑一次’的要求，浙江省民族宗教事务委员会将在官方网站上开设浙江省互联网宗教信息服务办理专区，并开展线上办理。”
通告说：“应当自本办法施行之日起6个月内依照本办法有关规定办理相关手续。”
“根据《办法》要求，为切实方便申请人办事，有效提升宗教信息审核人员审核能力，浙江省民族宗教事务委员会拟举办‘浙江省互联网宗教信息审核人员业务培训班’。”自2022年3月8日起接受预报名。
培训内容包括宗教政策法规、互联网宗教信息服务管理办法、反邪教知识、反恐怖主义知识、互联网宗教问题案例、各宗教基本知识及办理互联网宗教信息服务许可申请相关事项等。不收取培训费用，但参训学员交通、食宿费用需自理。
当天，安徽省也发布关于互联网宗教信息服务许可工作有关情况的通告，说“适时开展互联网宗教信息审核人员测试工作”。
3月1日，山东省民族宗教事务委员会也发布类似公告。“自3月1日起，山东省民族宗教事务委员会开始接受符合条件的法人组织或者非法人组织提交的互联网宗教信息服务许可申请，自受理申请之日起20个工作日内作出许可决定，并对准予许可的申请主体发放《互联网宗教信息服务许可证》。”
并说，将分批、分期举办信息审核人员培训班。首期培训班初定于3月中下旬举办，已开始接受预报名，之后告知培训时间。
同一日，陕西省也说自许可证受理申请之日起20日内会作出批准或者不予批准的决定。学习范围包括习近平法治思想、《宪法》、社会主义核心价值观、宗教事务相关法规规章、《民法典》《国家安全法》《网络安全法》等相关法律法规和宗教知识。考试内容涵盖但不限于上述学习范围。
3月3日，广东省民族宗教委声称将申请主体可通过线上方式，向广东省民族宗教委提出许可申请。自受理申请之日起20日内作出批准或者不予批准的决定。
它也将组织开展宗教信息审核员培训，举办若干批次线下信息审核人员培训班，并同步建设线上培训系统。自学资料应该包括宗教事务相关法规和规章、其他法律法规规章、宗教团体制度章程和宗教知识等。
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中国各省陆续发布开展互联网宗教信息服务许可工作的通告
With Jiangsu Province announcing that the Internet religious information service license examination will be launched in the middle of this month, all provinces in China have successively started the licensing work.
On February 28th, the Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committee of Zhejiang Province announced that it would start licensing Internet religious information services in the whole province from March 1st when the Administrative Measures for Internet Religious Information Services came into force.
The legal person organization or unincorporated organization that intends to engage in Internet religious information service shall apply to the Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committee of Zhejiang Province, which will make a decision of approval or disapproval within 20 days from the date of accepting the application.
The notice said, "According to the requirement of 'one-stop administrative service' in Zhejiang Province, the Committee will set up Zhejiang Internet religious information service processing area on the official website and conduct online processing."
It continued, "The relevant formalities shall be handled in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Measures for the Administration of Internet Religious Information Services within 6 months from the effective date."
"According to the requirements of the Measures, the Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committee of Zhejiang Province plans to hold the "Zhejiang Internet religious information examiner training course", in order to effectively facilitate the applicants' work and effectively improve the examination ability of religious information examiners". Pre-application will be accepted from March 8, 2022.
The training content includes religious policies and regulations, management measures of Internet religious information service, anti-cult knowledge, anti-terrorism knowledge, Internet religious cases, basic knowledge of various religions, and matters related to the application for Internet religious information service license. No training fee is charged, but the trainees will pay for their own transportation, accommodation and meals.
On the same day, Anhui Province also issued a notice on the licensing of Internet religious information services, saying that "the examination of Internet religious information examiners will be carried out in due course".
On March 1st, the Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committee of Shandong Province released a similar announcement. It read, "Since March 1st, the Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committee of Shandong Province started to accept the application for Internet religious information service license by qualified legal person organizations or unincorporated organizations. The Committee will make a decision within 20 working days from the date of accepting the application, and issue the Internet religious information service license to the applicants who are granted the approval."
The Committee also expressed that training courses for information examiners will be held in waves. The first training course is initially scheduled to be held in the middle and late March. The training class has started accepting pre-applications, and will inform the training time later.
On the same day, Shaanxi Province also announced that it would make a decision of approval or disapproval within 20 days from the date of accepting the license application. The scope of study includes Xi Jinping's thought of rule of law, the Constitution, socialist core values, laws and regulations related to religious affairs, Civil Code, National Security Law, Cyber Security Law, and other related laws, regulations and religious knowledge. The examination content covers but is not limited to the above contents.
On March 3rd, the Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committee of Guangdong Province claimed that the applicants could also make online applications. The Committee will make a decision of approval or disapproval within 20 days from the date of accepting the application.
The Committee will also organize training for religious information examiners, hold several training courses for offline information examiners, and also build an online training system. The self-study materials should include laws and regulations related to religious affairs, other laws and regulations, regulations of religious organizations and religious knowledge, etc.
- Translated by Oliver Zuo
China's Provinces Successively Issues Notices on Licensing Internet Religious Information Services
