The 20-word policy of religious policy

The 20-character policy of China's religious policy is to protect legality, stop illegality, curb extremism, resist infiltration and fight crime. According to China's Regulations on Religious Affairs, the management of religious affairs adheres to the principles of protecting legality, stopping illegality, containing extremes, resisting infiltration and cracking down on crime. The state protects normal religious activities according to law, actively guides religions to adapt to socialist society, and protects the legitimate rights and interests of religious groups, religious institutions, places for religious activities and religious citizens. No organization or individual may use religion to engage in illegal activities such as endangering national security, disturbing social order, damaging citizens' health, interfering with the national education system, and other activities that harm national interests, social public interests and citizens' legitimate rights and interests. No organization or individual may create contradictions and conflicts between different religions, within the same religion, between religious citizens and non-religious citizens, advocate, support or finance religious extremism, or use religion to undermine national unity, split the country or engage in terrorist activities.

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Article 3 of the Regulations on Religious Affairs adheres to the principles of protecting legality, stopping illegality, curbing extremism, resisting infiltration and cracking down on crime.

"Regulations on Religious Affairs" Article 4 The state protects normal religious activities according to law, actively guides religions to adapt to socialist society, and protects the legitimate rights and interests of religious groups, religious institutions, places for religious activities and religious citizens. Religious groups, religious institutions, places for religious activities and religious citizens shall abide by the Constitution, laws, regulations and rules, practice socialist core values, and safeguard national unity, national unity, religious harmony and social stability.

No organization or individual may use religion to engage in illegal activities such as endangering national security, disturbing social order, harming citizens' health, interfering with the national education system, and other activities that harm national interests, social interests and citizens' legitimate rights and interests.

No organization or individual may create contradictions and conflicts between different religions, within the same religion, between religious citizens and non-religious citizens, advocate, support or finance religious extremism, or use religion to undermine national unity, split the country or engage in terrorist activities.