The United Front Work Department of the Jiangshan Municipal Party Committee (Bureau of Religious Affairs) adheres to the main line of sinicization of religion, focuses on the “four highlights”, strives to consolidate the foundation of work, and earnestly maintains harmony and stability in the religious field. The city has established a total of 1 provincial-level demonstration site for the sinicization of religion, 3 provincial-level safe religious activity sites, and 4 provincial-level religious legal education demonstration bases.
The first is to highlight political guidance and build ideological consensus. Strengthen theoretical study, hold a training class for religious figures every year, invite higher-level leaders and experts to give lectures, and organize the responsible persons of all religious groups and religious sites to thoroughly study Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, the “Four History”, religious policies and regulations, and so forth. Carry out patriotic education, organize the teams of three religious groups to visit the Red Revolution Education Base, watch the live broadcast of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, and raise the national flag and sing the national anthem at important points such as the National Day and the Spring Festival. Deepening visits and contacts, the main leaders of the United Front Work Department of the Municipal Party Committee and the main responsible persons of the Municipal Religious Affairs Bureau went deep into religious groups and religious sites, talked and exchanged heart-to-heart with representatives of religious circles, conveyed and studied the spirit of important instructions from superiors, listened to the suggestions and ideas of religious circles on the work of the whole city center and united front work, improved ideological understanding, and formed a consensus on development.
The second is to give prominence to the construction of the rule of law and standardize management in accordance with the law. Improve the management system, set up a religious work coordination group at the municipal level, set up a civil and religious affairs office in each township and street, and clarify the liaison officer for religious work in the village community, and at the same time include religious work in the content of grassroots party building and governance, and the city’s 44 religious activity sites and 79 places of folk belief are included in the grassroots grid management, and the “three-person resident group” is fully covered, forming a three-level religious work mechanism in the city and countryside that is vertical to the end. Increase publicity on the rule of law, thoroughly implement the “100,000,000” legal popularization project with the Constitution as the theme, and in accordance with the requirements of “unified standards, unified content, unified production, and unified installation”, 80 propaganda display boards were produced, 43 flagpoles were installed, and the coverage rate of the city’s religious sites was 100%. Strengthen supervision and management, carry out “double random, one open” spot checks, handheld religious APP safety inspections, online inspections of venue video systems, build multi-digit three-dimensional models, and improve the level of intelligent governance of religious affairs.
The third is to highlight cultural infiltration and carry forward excellent culture. Tell religious stories well, dig deep into the content of religious doctrines and canons that are conducive to social harmony and the progress of the times, and infiltrate religious thinking with the excellent traditional Chinese culture. Carry out the sorting of “one temple and one story”, and compile and complete the book “Jiangshan Temple Culture Collection”. To carry out various activities, the Jiangshan Buddhist Association held 6 sessions of “Xishan on Buddhism” lectures, and the Jiangshan Catholic Patriotic Association sorted out 36 traditional cultural classics. Promote cultural exchanges, adhere to the principle of “going out and inviting in”, take the initiative to strengthen ties with religious circles in Hangzhou, Zhoushan and other places, and learn advanced experience to improve their own level. Daoci, vice president of the Chinese Buddhist Association and president of the Zhoushan Buddhist Association, visited the Kaiming Monastery successively., to participate in the groundbreaking ceremony of Sun Hill Temple; Dong Zhongji, president of Zhejiang Provincial Road Association, went to Dongyue Palace for research and guidance. Standardize the improvement of places, start the implementation of the expansion project of Taiyangshan Temple and the renovation project of Dongyue Palace, and upgrade the construction and upgrading of ecological, qualified, and cultural venues, effectively play a demonstration and leading role, and carry forward excellent traditional culture.
Fourth, we should highlight the service to the society and convey the spirit of love. Carry forward the fine traditions, guide the city’s religious circles and religious believers to hold high the banner of patriotism and religion, adhere to the path that is compatible with the socialist society, actively carry forward the spirit of compassion and help the world, and take the initiative to carry out various public welfare and charitable activities such as flood relief, Chongyang respect for the elderly, and assistance to the poor and the disabled. In recent years, the city’s religious circles have carried out more than 200 public welfare and charity activities, invested more than 2,000 manpower and more than 300 yuan in funds. To help alleviate poverty, the Jiangshan Buddhist Association paired with Jiangcun Ethnic Village in Jiangshan City, giving 50,000 yuan in support funds every year, and also actively participated in poverty alleviation in the east and west, donating 300,000 yuan of materials to Muchuan County, Leshan City, Sichuan. In support of epidemic prevention and control, all religious groups and religious sites responded to the call of the Party and the government, strictly implemented prevention and control measures such as “double suspensions”, and made every effort to maintain security and stability in the religious field. At the same time, he practiced responsibility, took the initiative to comfort the front-line workers in the fight against the epidemic, and donated more than 30 yuan to fight the epidemic, demonstrating the good image of great love and good deeds in the religious circles.