China's Policies and Practices on Protecting Freedom of Religious Belief
The State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China
April 2018
Contents
I. Basic Policies in Protecting Freedom of Religious Belief
II. Legal Guarantees for Freedom of Religious Belief
III. Conducting Religious Activities in an Orderly Manner
IV. The Role of Religious Groups Has Been Fully Developed
V. Active and Healthy Religious Relations
Preamble
As a socialist country under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC), China adopts policies on freedom of religious belief based on national and religious conditions to protect citizens' right to freedom of religious belief, build active and healthy religious relationships, and maintain religious and social harmony. Since the 18th CPC National Congress in 2012, China, under the staunch leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Xi Jinping as the core, has advanced law-based governance in all respects, integrating religious work into the national governance system, employing laws to deal with all social relationships concerning religion, and improving the management of religious work under the rule of law. Religious believers and non-believers respect each other, and live in harmony, committing themselves to reform and opening up and the socialist modernization, and contribute to the realization of the Chinese Dream of national rejuvenation.