Religious affairs management adheres to the principles of stopping illegality, curbing extremes, resisting infiltration and fighting crime

Religious affairs management adheres to the 20-character principle of protecting legality, stopping illegality, curbing extremism, resisting infiltration, and fighting crime. Suppressing illegality is an integral part of protecting legality. Only when illegal religious activities are effectively suppressed can religious activities be regulated and orderly. This is a prerequisite for the healthy development of religion and is in the interests of both religious believers and non-believers. Currently, illegal religious activities take many forms, such as indiscriminately building temples and Buddhist statues, privately organizing pilgrimages, privately setting up Christian meeting points, pretending to be religious clergy to defraud money, contracting temples, listing temples as assets, illegal preaching online, etc. wait. These illegal religious activities not only affect the normal religious order, but also harm the interests of the public and require the government to strengthen supervision and management to stop and correct them in a timely manner. At the same time, the government should guide religious circles to strengthen self-management, improve their awareness of the rule of law, and consciously carry out activities within the scope permitted by laws and regulations. No organization or individual may use religion to conduct illegal activities that endanger national security, disrupt social order, harm citizens' health, hinder the national education system, or otherwise harm national interests, social public interests, and citizens' legitimate rights and interests.

Legal basis: Article 3 of the "Regulations on Religious Affairs"

Religious affairs management adheres to the principles of protecting legality, stopping illegality, curbing extremism, resisting infiltration, and fighting crime.