After five years, the National Conference on Religious Work was held again. General Secretary Xi Jinping attended the meeting and delivered an important speech.
The Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core attaches great importance to Religious work is of special importance in the overall situation of the work of the Party and the state.
Religious work is so important, how to do it well?
Since the Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core has put forward a series of new ideas and measures on religious work, answering major theoretical and practical questions such as how to understand religion, how to deal with religious issues, and how to do a good job in the party's religious work in the new era. This series of new ideas and new initiatives can be summarized as "nine musts"——
At this important meeting, facing the future, General Secretary Xi Jinping deployed a multi-faceted and important task of doing a good job in religious work in the new era. Adhering to the direction of sinification of religion in our country is not only one of the "nine musts" but also one of the important tasks for doing a good job in religious work in the new era, which shows its importance.
Not only this national religious work conference, but also at many important meetings and local inspections, General Secretary Xi Jinping repeatedly mentioned this work -
In 2015, at the Central United Front Work Conference, the general secretary put forward the innovative thesis that "to actively guide religion to adapt to socialist society, we must adhere to the direction of sinicization";
At the 2016 National Conference on Religious Work, the general secretary stressed "supporting china's religions in adhering to the direction of sinicization";
In 2017, "adhering to the direction of sinicization of religion in our country" was written into the report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China;
In 2020, at the Third Central Xinjiang Work Forum, the General Secretary deployed "adhering to the direction of sinicizing Islam in Xinjiang and achieving the healthy development of religion";
On July 22, General Secretary Xi Jinping waved to tourists and local people during his inspection of the Potala Palace Square. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xie Huanchi
During his inspection tour of Tibet in July this year, he called for "actively guiding Tibetan Buddhism to adapt to socialist society and promoting religious harmony, social harmony, and ethnic harmony.";
On August 24, General Secretary Xi Jinping inspected the Puning Temple in Chengde City, Hebei Province. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Xueren
During his inspection in Chengde, Hebei Province, in August this year, he proposed to "adhere to the direction of sinification of religion in our country and actively guide religion to adapt to socialist society";
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The General Secretary's series of important expositions on the sinification of religion in our country have provided a fundamental basis for religion to continuously adapt to socialist society and innovate to promote religious work.
How to understand the importance of adhering to the direction of sinification of religion in our country? The three dimensions of history, reality and the future can be used as perspectives.
Looking at the history of civilization, adhering to the direction of sinification of religions in our country is an inevitable requirement for fully respecting the law of religious survival and development. There have been many religions in the world, but not many have survived to this day, and most religions have disappeared in the long river of history because they do not meet the requirements of social development. The five existing religions in our country have also undergone a complex and tortuous process of gradually adapting to Chinese society.
Judging from the practice of religious work in the new era, various national religious groups have formulated work plans for adhering to the direction of sinification of religions in our country, and religious circles have made interpretations of doctrines and canons that conform to the requirements of contemporary China's development and progress and conform to China's excellent traditional culture. A series of measures have promoted the conscious identification of religions politically, the conscious integration of culture, and the conscious adaptation of society, synchronizing with social development and the progress of the times.
Facing the future, the Communist Party of China united and led the Chinese people to embark on a new road to achieve the second centenary goal. The new journey requires all the sons and daughters of China at home and abroad to think and work hard to make one place. This means adhering to the direction of sinification of religion in our country, actively guiding religion to adapt to socialist society, uniting the religious masses, and condensing the strength of common struggle to the greatest extent.
Look at the overall situation and seek the overall situation, and point out the direction and strategy. General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech at the National Conference on Religious Work systematically expounded the new ideas, new concepts and new strategies for religious work in the new era, and clarified the guiding ideology, strategic objectives, key tasks and policy measures for adhering to the direction of sinification of religion in our country and doing a good job in religious work in the new era.
In his speech, the general secretary further pointed out the path on how to adhere to the direction of sinification of religion in our country .
Guide and support our religions to be guided by the core socialist values, and enhance the identification of religious figures and religious believers with the great motherland, the Chinese nation, Chinese culture, the Communist Party of China, and socialism with Chinese characteristics;
It is necessary to carry out education in patriotism, collectivism, and socialism in religious circles, strengthen education in the history of the party, the history of new China, the history of reform and opening up, and the history of the development of socialism in a targeted manner, guide people in religious circles and religious believers to cultivate and practice the core socialist values, and carry forward Chinese culture.
Always grasp unremittingly and work for a long time.
With the in-depth advancement of the sinification of religion in our country, the religious masses, together with the broad masses of the people, have united and struggled to build a socialist modern power in an all-round way and realize the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
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