People's Daily Commentator: Adhere to the direction of sinicization of religion in our country - on studying and implementing General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech at the National Religious Work Conference

Beijing, 5 Dec (Xinhua) -- People's Daily's December 6 commentator's article: Adhere to the direction of sinification of religion in our country

-- On studying and implementing General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech at the National Religious Work Conference

Adhering to the direction of sinicizing religion in our country is the only way for the development of religion in our country. At the National Conference on Religious Work, General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed that "we must adhere to the direction of sinification of religion in our country" and put forward the clear requirement of "deeply promoting the sinification of religion in our country", which is of great significance for doing a good job in the party's religious work in the new era, better organizing and guiding the religious masses 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.

In the process of development, all religions in our country have always had the characteristics of integrating with China's excellent traditional culture and adapting to the actual needs of social development. All religions inherit and carry forward the long-standing tradition of sinicization and localization, take the initiative to adapt to society, carry forward the fine traditions of patriotism and love of religion, unity and progress, service to society, harmony and tolerance, consciously safeguard the national interests, the public interest and public order and good customs, and fulfill their social responsibilities. Since the Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core has adhered to the Party's basic policy on religious work, adhered to the direction of sinification of religion in our country, actively guided religion to adapt to socialist society, and gradually deepened the sinification of religion. Practice has proved that only religions that adhere to the direction of sinicization and only religions that have realized sinicization can better adapt themselves to China's socialist society and play a positive role in China's social development and progress.

The adaptation of religion to the society in which it lives is an objective law for the survival and development of all religions in the world, and it is also an inevitable requirement for the healthy inheritance of religion in our country. Whether it is a local religion or a foreign religion, it is necessary to constantly adapt to the social development of our country and enrich the connotation of the times. We must profoundly understand that the core values are the spiritual bond that a nation relies on to maintain, the common ideological and moral foundation of a country, and cultural identity is the deepest identity, and to adhere to the direction of the sinification of religion in our country, we must use the socialist core values to guide and infiltrate all religions in our country with Chinese culture, support all religions to 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 that meet the requirements of the development and progress of contemporary China and conform to the excellent traditional culture of China. Make China's religions more Chinese characteristics, Chinese style, Chinese style. Religious work is of special importance in the overall situation of the work of the party and the state, has a bearing on the development of the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics, on the flesh-and-blood ties between the party and the masses, on social harmony and ethnic unity, on national security and the reunification of the motherland, and on adhering to the orientation of the sinification of religion in our country, it is necessary to adhere to the principle of independence and self-management, manage religious affairs according to law, and promote religious harmony, social harmony, and ethnic harmony.

To forge ahead in the new journey of comprehensively building a modern socialist country and strive to create a new situation in religious work, we must consciously unify our thoughts and actions with the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech and implement it in light of reality. It is necessary to deeply promote the sinification of religion in our country, guide and support our religion to take the socialist core values as the guide, and 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. 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. It is necessary to adhere to the overall concept of national security, adhere to the principle of independence and self-management, and make overall plans to promote relevant work. It is necessary to strengthen the management of religious affairs on the Internet. It is necessary to earnestly solve the conspicuous problems that affect the healthy inheritance of religion in our country.

Unity is strength. The starting point and end point of implementing the policy of freedom of religious belief is to unite the broad masses of religious believers and non-believers to the greatest extent possible. The fundamental political and economic interests of the religious and non-religious masses are identical, and both are the mass foundation for the party's ruling power. On the new journey, by adhering to the party's basic policy on religious work, adhering to the direction of sinicizing religion in our country, actively guiding religion to adapt to socialist society, completely, accurately, and comprehensively implementing the party's policy of freedom of religious belief, and promoting religion to better conform to society, serve society, and fulfill social responsibilities, we will certainly be able to gather the strength of common struggle to the greatest extent possible and march forward courageously toward the Chinese dream of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. (End)