religious policy of the People's Republic of China

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religious policy state policy framework

The religious policy of the People's Republic of China is a state framework that tightly regulates and supervises religious practice to ensure it aligns with Communist Party authority, social stability, and officially sanctioned organizations.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Chinese Communist Party line on religion	1
religious policy of the People's Republic of China canonical	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	religious policy ⓘ state policy framework ⓘ
administeredBy	National Religious Affairs Administration ⓘ United Front Work Department ⓘ surface form: United Front Work Department of the Communist Party of China
aimsTo	maintain Communist Party control over religion ⓘ maintain social stability ⓘ prevent religious organizations from challenging state authority ⓘ
appliesTo	Han Chinese population ⓘ China ⓘ surface form: People's Republic of China ethnic minority regions ⓘ
basedOn	leadership of the Communist Party of China ⓘ
characterizedBy	control of religious publications and materials ⓘ licensing of religious clergy ⓘ monitoring of religious gatherings ⓘ priority of socialist values over religious doctrine ⓘ supervision of religious organizations ⓘ tight regulation of religious practice ⓘ
defines	religious freedom as subject to law and state interests ⓘ
evolvedFrom	early PRC campaigns against religion ⓘ
governedBy	Constitution of the People's Republic of China ⓘ Regulations on Religious Affairs ⓘ
implementedThrough	Chinese Buddhist Association ⓘ Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association ⓘ Chinese Taoist Association ⓘ Islamic Association of China ⓘ Three-Self Patriotic Movement ⓘ patriotic religious associations ⓘ
influencedBy	Chinese Communist Party ideology ⓘ Marxist–Leninist atheism ⓘ
justifiedBy	need to prevent extremism ⓘ need to prevent separatism ⓘ need to prevent terrorism ⓘ
permits	state-sanctioned religious activities ⓘ
prohibits	religious activities that disrupt public order ⓘ religious organizations not approved by the state ⓘ use of religion to oppose the Communist Party ⓘ
promotes	Sinicization of religion ⓘ
recognizes	Buddhism ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholicism Islam ⓘ Protestantism ⓘ Taoism ⓘ
requires	religious clergy to be approved by state-sanctioned bodies ⓘ religious groups to register with the state ⓘ religious venues to obtain government approval ⓘ
restricts	foreign religious influence ⓘ religious education for minors in many contexts ⓘ unregistered religious activities ⓘ
revisedBy	2018 Regulations on Religious Affairs amendments ⓘ
subjectOf	international human rights criticism ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United Front Work Department → associatedWithPolicy → religious policy of the People's Republic of China ⓘ

Fifth Bureau → ideology → religious policy of the People's Republic of China ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chinese Communist Party line on religion