The National Conference on Religious Work was held in Beijing from December 3 to 4. General Secretary Xi Jinping attended the meeting and delivered an important speech, stressing the need to fully implement the party's theory of religious work in the new era, fully implement the party's basic policy on religious work, fully implement the party's policy of freedom of religious belief, adhere to the direction of sinification of religion in our country, actively guide religion to adapt to socialist society, improve the level of self-management of religious circles, improve the level of rule of law in the governance of religious affairs, and strive to create a new situation in religious work.
General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech comprehensively summarized the achievements and experiences of religious work from the strategic perspective of the overall development of the cause of the party and the country, scientifically analyzed the situation and tasks facing religious work, profoundly expounded a series of major theoretical and practical issues, and pointed out the direction of progress and provided fundamental guidelines for doing a good job in religious work in the new era.
Religious work is of special importance in relation to the relationship between the Party and the masses, ethnic unity, social harmony, national security, the reunification of the motherland, and the development of socialism with Chinese characteristics. Since the Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core has coordinated the overall situation of the great rejuvenation strategy of the Chinese nation and the great changes in the world in a hundred years, put forward theoretical views and made decisions and deployments on religious work, and profoundly answered major 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. Under the leadership of the party, from deepening institutional reform and strengthening the top-level design, to consolidating the basic work at the grass-roots level, from improving the system of policies and regulations to carrying out in-depth publicity and education on the rule of law, from strengthening ideological and political guidance to religious circles to strengthening the construction of religious groups themselves, the overall situation of religious work in our country has continued to improve, religious activities are generally stable and orderly, and they have played an active role in promoting social development and progress. This fully proves that our Party's theory, principles, and policies on religious work are correct.
Whatever is good, go with the times. Under the new situation, General Secretary Xi Jinping looks at the overall situation and seeks the overall situation, and puts forward the "nine musts" of China's religious work from the aspects of understanding, leadership mechanism, theory, basic policy, sinicization, religious masses, religious relations, self-construction, and rule of law, so as to set a steady course for doing a good job in religious work in the new era. This is the latest summation of practice, the latest development of theory, and the latest achievements in integrating the Marxist religious outlook with China's specific reality, which will surely guide us to constantly reach new heights in understanding and continuously achieve positive results in practice.
Stick to the outline and look at yourself, stick to the book and end it. The essence of the Party's religious work is mass work. We must profoundly understand that the fundamental political and economic interests of the religious and non-religious masses are the same, proceed from consistency, actively guide religion to adapt to socialist society, and deeply promote the sinification of religion in our country. It is necessary to respect the religious beliefs of the masses and unite the broad masses of religious and non-religious believers to the greatest extent possible. It is necessary to raise the level of legalization of religious work, draw a red line for the rule of law, and enable religious activities to be carried out within the scope provided for by laws and regulations. It is necessary to guide and support China's religions to take the socialist core values as the guide, and through studying 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, we should enhance the identification of religious circles and religious believers with the great motherland, the Chinese nation, Chinese culture, the Communist Party of China, and socialism with Chinese characteristics.
Raise the flag to open a new situation, and cohesively write a new chapter. We must profoundly understand the core essence, spiritual essence, rich connotation and practical requirements of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech on religious work, so that learning and thinking are integrated, knowledge and faith are unified, and implementation is grasped in light of reality, and the religious masses can be better organized and guided to work together with the broad masses of the people to unite and struggle for the comprehensive construction of a socialist modern power and the realization of the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. (CCTV commentator)