A hotel in Xiamen, located in China’s southeastern-coastal Fujian Province, was fined 20,000 yuan for providing venues where Christians held illegal gatherings, according to local authorities.
Situated near the prestigious Xiamen University in Siming District, Xiamen Sea View Garden Hotel was charged with violating Article 40 in the Revised Regulations for Religious Affairs. The Article states that “religious activities held by citizens shall generally be held in an approved religious venue.”
From June 28 to August 9, the hotel was said to be guilty of mismanagement, permitting Christians to meet and conduct illegal Christian activities, said the Administration of Culture and Tourism of Siming District in Xiamen.
The Bureau of Ethnic and Religious affairs of Siming District warned the hotel, consifiscating 8,300 yuan that the hotel had earned and fining the company 20,000 yuan. According to Article 71, “Where anyone aides illegal religious activities, the religious affairs department shall give a warning; the illegal gains or belongings, if any, shall be confiscated, and if the circumstances are serious, a fine of not less than 20,000 yuan and not more than 200,000 yuan shall be imposed.”
The bureau urged hotels not to lease conference rooms for religious activities and strictly obey the relevant rules and regulations.
Since February 1, 2018, China’s new national regulations on religious affairs have replaced those issued in 2004.
辖区各宾馆、酒店：
近期 ，厦门市思明区民族与宗教事务局对厦门天海花园酒店有限公司违反宗教事务法规有关问题进行了调查处理。
经查，厦门天海花园酒店有限公司管理不到位，自2020年6月28日—8月9日期间，多次为非法宗教活动（基督教聚会活动）提供场所，违反了《宗教事务条例》第四十条的规定。
根据《宗教事务条例》第七十一条的规定，厦门市思明区民族与宗教事务局决定对厦门天海花园酒店有限公司予以警告，没收违法所得8300元，并处2万元罚款的行政处罚，现予以通报。
辖区各宾馆、酒店要高度重视，举一反三、引以为戒。
根据《宗教事务条例》的规定，信教群众的集体宗教活动，应当在经登记的宗教活动场所内举行。
因此，各宾馆、酒店不得将场地出租用于宗教活动。
在出租活动场地时必须严格遵守法律法规及行业管理规定，增强法制意识，牢固树立依法经营意识，坚决杜绝类似事件再次发生。
思明区文化旅游局 思明区民族与宗教事务局 2020年10月 16日
关于厦门天海花园酒店有限公司违反 宗教事务法规有关问题的通报
A hotel in Xiamen, located in China’s southeastern-coastal Fujian Province, was fined 20,000 yuan for providing venues where Christians held illegal gatherings, according to local authorities.
Situated near the prestigious Xiamen University in Siming District, Xiamen Sea View Garden Hotel was charged with violating Article 40 in the Revised Regulations for Religious Affairs. The Article states that “religious activities held by citizens shall generally be held in an approved religious venue.”
From June 28 to August 9, the hotel was said to be guilty of mismanagement, permitting Christians to meet and conduct illegal Christian activities, said the Administration of Culture and Tourism of Siming District in Xiamen.
The Bureau of Ethnic and Religious affairs of Siming District warned the hotel, consifiscating 8,300 yuan that the hotel had earned and fining the company 20,000 yuan. According to Article 71, “Where anyone aides illegal religious activities, the religious affairs department shall give a warning; the illegal gains or belongings, if any, shall be confiscated, and if the circumstances are serious, a fine of not less than 20,000 yuan and not more than 200,000 yuan shall be imposed.”
The bureau urged hotels not to lease conference rooms for religious activities and strictly obey the relevant rules and regulations.
Since February 1, 2018, China’s new national regulations on religious affairs have replaced those issued in 2004.
Xiamen Fines Hotel for Offering Venues for Illegal Christian Gatherings
