Recently, the two Christian associations in Keqiao District of Shaoxing City held their second general meeting, and 97 representatives from the Christian community in the district attended the meeting. Xu Haoxiang, deputy director of the United Front Work Department of the Shaoxing Municipal Party Committee and director of the Minzong Bureau, Lu Jianxiang, deputy director of the United Front Work Department of the Keqiao District CPC Committee and director of the Minzong Bureau, and Shen Yang, deputy secretary of the Political and Legal Committee of the Keqiao District CPC Committee, attended and delivered speeches. Pastor Ren Jiefang, vice president of Zhejiang Christian Association and chairman of Shaoxing Three-Self Patriotic Movement Committee, attended the meeting and delivered a congratulatory speech.
The meeting deliberated and adopted the “Work Report of the First Committee of the Two Christian Associations in Keqiao District” and the “Financial Report of the First Committee of the Two Christian Associations in Keqiao District”, deliberated and revised the “Constitution of the Two Christian Associations in Keqiao District”, elected the second committee and the board of supervisors, Ye Jianliang was elected as the chairman of the Keqiao District Christian Three-Self Patriotic Movement Committee, and Fang Guolan was elected as the president of the Keqiao District Christian Association.
The meeting called on people in the Christian circles in the whole region to fully implement the party’s basic policy on religious work, adhere to the direction of Sinicization of Christianity, continuously enhance their identification with the great motherland, the Chinese nation, Chinese culture, the Communist Party of China, and socialism with Chinese characteristics, take the socialist core values as the guide, continuously strengthen the construction of the “two sessions” themselves, continuously enhance political consciousness and awareness of the rule of law, strive to enhance the self-discipline ability of “self-education, self-management and self-discipline”, and achieve political self-identification, cultural self-integration, and cultural self-integration. Socially consciously adapted. Actively participate in social and economic development, contribute to Keqiao’s efforts to build an “international textile capital and Hangzhou-Shao New City” in the new journey of socialist modernization, develop and build a common prosperity demonstration pilot zone with high quality, and greet the victory of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China with outstanding results.
Xu Haoxiang, deputy director of the United Front Work Department of the Shaoxing Municipal Party Committee and director of the Minzong Bureau, expressed warm congratulations on the convening of the meeting, fully affirmed the work achievements of the two Christian associations in Keqiao District, and put forward three requirements for the new Keqiao District Christian Associations: First, we must unswervingly promote the development of Sinicization of Christianity, deeply study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important expositions on religious work, accurately grasp the general trend of development of the times, and unswervingly follow the socialist road that is compatible with China’s national conditions. Second, it is necessary to unremittingly do a good job in building the Christian legal system, thoroughly implement the “Constitution”, “Regulations on Religious Affairs” and other laws and regulations, further improve the canon system, and earnestly enhance the awareness of the state, citizenship and rule of law among Christian clergy, people from all walks of life, and religious believers. Third, it is necessary to do a good job in building the Christian contingent for a long time, and continue to cultivate a contingent of Christian circles that can take the lead in abiding by discipline and law, politically reliable, religiously accomplished, morally capable of convincing the public, and effective at critical times.