CPC leader Hu urges party to unite religious people

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Source: CCTV.com | 12-20-2007 08:16

CPC leader Hu Jintao has been emphasizing the importance of promoting a harmonious relationship between different religions. At a senior Party meeting, he urged the participants to unite religious people around the party and the government.

At the meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the CPC presided over by General Secretary Hu Jintao, participants discussed how to strengthen work on religious affairs.

Hu Jintao, also China's president said the proper management of religious issues will contribute to social stability and harmony, as well as speed up the process of building a moderately prosperous society. He told the participants that religions will exist in socialist society. He asked the participants to realize the complicated situation of the interacted relations between religion and politics, economy, culture and ethnicity.

The president pointed out that the 17th CPC National Congress urged implementing the CPC's guiding policies on religion and encouraged people with religious beliefs to play an active role in the development of the economy and society. He said the Party and the government should fully carry out the concept of scientific development, stick to the CPC's guiding policies on religion, and unite religious people with non-religious people to contribute to economic and social development.

President Hu Jintao has made three proposals to implement religious work under the new situation in China.

First, to stick to the Chinese Communist Party's guiding policies on religious work, which stresses freedom in religious beliefs, respect for the law concerning religious affairs and perseverance in guiding religions to suit the situation of China's socialism. People of all religions should be encouraged to play an active role in the country's social development and work together for a harmonious society.

Hu also pointed out the top task in implementing the party's religion policies is to unite the religious believers and carry out policies based on human interests. Hu says the party should unite religious people, show respect for them, and utilize their wisdom to realize the common target of making China a well-off society. He says the party should also care about the well being of the religious believers, especially the poor ones, and help them improve their living standards and make them feel cared about by the party and the central government.

Finally, the president called on the party to strengthen team building of religious personnel by selecting qualified religious groups with political knowledge and moral merits. This should help them enhance self-management under the law and guide them to play a positive and leading role in religious affairs. President Hu stressed all levels of government should continue to improve the party's leadership in religious work to fulfill China's strategic development.

Editor:Zhang Ning