On September 16, 2014, Chen Zeng, Deputy Secretary-General of the Standing Committee of the Jinhua Municipal People’s Congress, led a delegation of five people from the Minzong Overseas Chinese Working Committee and the Minzong Bureau to Yongkang City to investigate the management of folk belief activities, and inspected folk belief sites such as Chenghuang Temple in Xialixi Village in Shizhu Town and Hukuhugong Cultural Square in Gushan Town. Zhu Hongxi, deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Yongkang Municipal People’s Congress, and Wang Daxin, deputy director of the United Front Work Department of the Municipal Party Committee and director of the Minzong Bureau, accompanied the investigation.
The research group listened to briefings by responsible persons of Xialixi Chenghuang Temple and Hukuhugong Cultural Square on the basic situation of folk beliefs, discussed and exchanged effective practices in the management of folk belief sites, existing difficulties and problems, and suggestions on strengthening the management of folk belief sites. Chen Zengzeng stressed that inheriting and carrying forward the history and culture of folk beliefs is a great responsibility, and it is necessary to protect traditional folk belief sites, so that management should be standardized, safety should be paid attention to, activities should be approved and approved, and finances should be made public.