The Measures for the Administration of Internet Religious Information Services (hereinafter referred to as the Measures) have been reviewed and approved by the State Administration of Religious Affairs in accordance with prescribed procedures, and have been approved by the State Internet Information Office, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Public Security, and the Ministry of National Security. They will come into effect on March 1, 2022. The Longgang Citizen Religious Bureau immediately organized learning and communication, and religious figures also launched heated discussions, expressing the need to deeply study the “Measures” and actively carry out promotional activities to guide the majority of religious believers to learn the new regulations.
The promulgation of the “Management Measures for Internet Religious Information Services” is an important measure to deeply implement the basic principles of the Party’s religious work and the spirit of the National Religious Work Conference. It effectively fills the gaps in religious affairs management in terms of the internet, further improves the level of legalization of religious work, and marks a new level of legal construction in China’s religious work.
Yang Jiehua, Chairman of the “Two Sessions” of Christianity in Longgang City, pointed out that the “Measures” are important measures to implement the basic policy of the Party’s religious work, adhere to the principle of religious independence and autonomy in China, and adhere to the direction of Sinicization of religion in China. They are also important measures to promote the improvement of the level of legalization of religious work and promote strict governance of religion. We need to seriously study and understand the spiritual essence of the “Measures”, further promote the standardization process of internet religious information services in our province, and effectively improve the level of legalization of Taoist work.
Chen Xianfeng, vice chairman of the Longgang Christian Three Self Patriotic Movement Committee, said that the Internet has never been a place outside the law. The Measures are a new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics. The new requirements and standards for religious people in the field of Internet Information Services are of great guiding significance in promoting the healthy inheritance of religion, safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of religious citizens, and practicing socialist core values. The majority of religious believers should further enhance their political, legal, and civic awareness through learning, consciously maintain religious harmony, social harmony, and ethnic harmony, and make their due contributions to the healthy inheritance of Christianity.