Online commentary: Adhere to the direction of sinification of religion in our country, and actively guide religion to adapt to the new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics

The National Conference on Religious Work was held in Beijing from December 3 to 4, and General Secretary Xi Jinping attended the meeting and delivered an important speech. The meeting comprehensively summed up the achievements and experiences of religious work, deeply analyzed the situation and tasks facing religious work, systematically expounded new ideas, new concepts, and new strategies for religious work in the new era, stressed the need to adhere to the party's basic policy on religious work, adhere to the direction of sinification of religion in our country, and actively guide religion to adapt to socialist society and the new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics.

Adhere to the direction of sinification of religion in our country, with political self-consciousness as the basic premise. Political identity is people's sense of belonging in social and political life, and the political identity of religious circles should be placed in the primary position of adhering to the direction of Sinicization of religion in our country. As General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized at the National Conference on Religious Work, "It is necessary to deeply promote the sinification of religion in our country, guide and support our religion 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, and guide people in religious circles and religious believers to cultivate and practice the core socialist values and carry forward Chinese culture." Guide people in religious circles and the broad masses of religious believers to support the leadership of the Communist Party of China, unswervingly follow the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics under the leadership of the party, and constantly enhance their broad consensus on a series of major issues such as safeguarding the reunification of the motherland, ethnic unity, and social stability. Strengthen national identity, so that it emotionally identifies with national sovereignty and territorial integrity, and effectively resists the use of religion abroad to infiltrate and avoid, and use religion to carry out ethnic separatism and violent terrorist activities; strengthen citizenship identity, enhance civic awareness, enhance the sense of responsibility, sense of mission, and concept of rights and obligations, and strengthen national cohesion to maintain national stability; strengthen road identity, so that on the basis of understanding the socialist political, economic, and social system, they can identify with the socialist road, support the socialist system, and consciously adapt to the socialist society.

Adhere to the direction of sinification of religion in china, and take the conscious integration of culture as the characteristic of the times. Religion has a strong cultural attribute, and General Secretary Xi Jinping has repeatedly talked about the cultural nature of religion, believing that religion is "an important carrier of human culture". Chinese culture has a long history and is broad and profound, and to adhere to the direction of sinification of religion in our country, it is necessary to continuously enhance the identification of religious circles and religious believers with Chinese culture in accordance with the general secretary's emphasis, and then guide religion to integrate into Chinese culture. It is necessary to use the core socialist values to guide and educate religious circles and religious believers, so that they will become their conscious pursuit and code of conduct. It is necessary to carry forward the fine traditions of the Chinese nation and lead the broad masses of religious believers with concepts such as unity and progress, peace and tolerance. It is necessary to promote the construction of religious ideology among all religions, dig deep into the contents of the doctrines and canons that are conducive to social harmony, the progress of the times, and healthy civilization, and make interpretations of the doctrines and canons that meet the requirements of contemporary China's development and progress and conform to China's excellent traditional culture. This is not only the only correct path for the development of religion in China, but also an inevitable requirement for the development of religion itself in our country.

Adhere to the direction of sinification of religion in our country, and consciously adapt to society as an inevitable requirement. Religion originates from society, is rooted in society, and as a part of society, it must adapt to society, serve society, and fulfill social responsibilities, and cannot in turn require society to adapt to religion. As the general secretary emphasized, religious activities should be carried out within the scope of laws and regulations, and must not harm the health of citizens, must not violate public order and good customs, and must not interfere with education, judicial, administrative functions and social life. It is necessary to accurately grasp the relationship between the state law and the canon, further enhance the awareness of the Constitution and the law, firmly establish the concept of the supremacy of law, consciously carry out activities within the scope of the law, consciously accept management according to law, and carry out activities within the scope of laws and regulations. It is necessary to actively serve society, encourage religious believers to love their posts and dedicate themselves to their work, work honestly, actively participate in the construction of building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way, and contribute to the realization of the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. It is necessary to consciously assume social responsibility, religion has the distinctive characteristics of helping the needy, benefiting the people, and serving the society, advocating the world to do good, supporting religious circles to engage in public welfare charity activities, encouraging religious believers and non-believers, as well as people who believe in different religions, to respect each other and live in harmony, and jointly promote social harmony.

Religious issues have always been major issues that our party must handle well in governing the country, and religious work is of special importance in the overall situation of the work of the party and the state. Entering the new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics, we must learn and deeply understand General Secretary Xi Jinping's important expositions on religious work, so as to achieve the integration of learning and thinking, knowledge, faith and practice. Unswervingly adhere to the direction of sinification of religion in our country, actively guide religion to adapt to socialist society and the new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and enable religion and religious work to play a greater and more active role in the historical process of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. (China Tibet Network text/sheyin)