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21:42, 07-Sep-2017
China passes new rules for religious affairs
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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Thursday passed new rules stipulating that governments at all levels should provide public services for religious groups, institutions and places of religious activities. Religious organizations can also set up public welfare charities according to the law.
The document passed is an update of the version of rules enacted in 2005 to allow for the regulation of religion to better reflect profound changes in China and the world.
"Religious affairs maintenance should persist in a principle of maintaining legality, curbing illegality, blocking extremism, resisting infiltration and attacking crime," the regulations say. "Any group or individual must not create conflict or contention between different religions, with a single religion or between religious individuals and non-religious individuals."
The rules will come into effect on February 2, 2018.
Source(s): Reuters
,Xinhua News Agency