Wenzhou City regards the registration and numbering work as an important starting point for deepening the management of folk belief affairs, strictly controls the entrance, closely grasps the progress, and overfulfils the annual objectives and tasks. In 2017, 2,297 places for folk belief activities were registered, including 876 places of Class A and 1,421 places of Class B. At present, there are 4,378 registered places in the city.
Since 2017, in order to ensure the registration number work on time and with good quality, Wenzhou Municipal Bureau of Religious Affairs has selected 2081 places with Class A registration number in the previous two years, and implemented the simultaneous registration of Class A and Class B registration numbers. The first is to grasp the target requirements. On March 9, the Notice on Comprehensively Promoting the Registration and Numbering of Places for Folk Belief Activities in 2017 (Wen Min Zong Fa [2017] No.25) was formulated, which clarified the tasks, measures and specific requirements of Class A and Class B registration and numbering, and included the progress, work quality and completion of registration and numbering in the important contents of the annual county (city, district) assessment. The second is to grasp the standard conditions. On the basis of unified ledger management and site rectification and upgrading in the whole city, we will keep the registration number at the entrance, adhere to a high starting point and high standards for Class A and meet the basic requirements for Class B, and coordinate the proportion of Class A and Class B in combination with the actual situation. A total of 2,415 declaration sites were accepted in the city, and 2,297 registration numbers were confirmed after checking at different levels. The third is to grasp the working node. The city’s registration number work is divided into several steps, such as acceptance, inspection and publicity, verification and confirmation, and entry into the system. Since June, all localities have completed the work of declaration acceptance, inspection and publicity. Before the end of September, after checking and spot checking, the Citizens’ Zongju completed the confirmation of the list of registered places in counties (cities, districts). In October, all localities completed the work of inputting the relevant materials and contents of the registration number places into the religious information management system of Zhejiang Province. As for the places entered into the system, at present, the Civil Affairs Bureau has completed the examination and approval of places in eight counties (cities, districts), and is speeding up the examination and approval of other places. After the audit on the system is completed, the unified production and issuance of registration number certificates will be organized.