National Religious Affairs Administration

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National Religious Affairs Administration
国家宗教事务局
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Department overview
Jurisdiction China
Status External name of the United Front Work Department
State Administration of the State Council (historical)
Headquarters Prince Chun Mansion, 44 Houhai Beiyan, Xicheng District, Beijing
Department executive
Parent department United Front Work Department
Website www.sara.gov.cn OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
National Religious Affairs Administration
Traditional Chinese 國家宗教事務局
Simplified Chinese 国家宗教事务局
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin Guójiā Zōngjiào Shìwù Jú

Directors

Religious Issues Research Group of the Cultural and Educational Committee of the State Council

NameChinese nameTook officeLeft officeRef.
Shao Quanlin 邵荃麟August 1950January 1951[ citation needed ]

Religious Affairs Department of the Cultural and Educational Committee of the State Council

NameChinese nameTook officeLeft officeRef.
He Chengxiang 何成湘January 19511954[ citation needed ]

Religious Affairs Bureau

NameChinese nameTook officeLeft officeRef.
He Chengxiang 何成湘1954March 1961[ citation needed ]
Xiao Xianfa 萧贤法March 19611975[ citation needed ]
Bureau Disestablished19751979[ citation needed ]
Xiao Xianfa 萧贤法April 197918 August 1981[ citation needed ]
Qiao Liansheng 乔连升19821983[ citation needed ]
Ren Wuzhi 任务之19831992[ citation needed ]
Zhang Shengzuo 张声作19921995[ citation needed ]
Ye Xiaowen 叶小文May 1995March 1998[ citation needed ]

State Administration of Religious Affairs

NameChinese nameTook officeLeft officeRef.
Ye Xiaowen 叶小文March 1998September 2009[ citation needed ]
Wang Zuo'an 王作安September 2009June 2022[ citation needed ]
Cui Maohu 崔茂虎7 June 202218 March 2023[ citation needed ]
Chen Ruifeng 陈瑞峰20 March 2023Incumbent[ citation needed ]

See also

Similar government agencies

References

  1. 1 2 Ng, Teddy; Lau, Mimi (21 March 2018). "Fears about Chinese influence grow as more powers given to shadowy agency". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 25 March 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  2. ↑ Joske, Alex (May 9, 2019). "Reorganizing the United Front Work Department: New Structures for a New Era of Diaspora and Religious Affairs Work". Jamestown Foundation . Archived from the original on July 21, 2019. Retrieved 2019-07-27.
  3. ↑ "中共中央印发《深化党和国家机构改革方案》_中央有关文件_中国政府网". Government of China . Archived from the original on 2019-02-15. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Mariani, Paul Philip (2025). China's Church Divided: Bishop Louis Jin and the Post-Mao Catholic Revival. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. ISBN   978-0-674-29765-4.
  5. ↑ Congressional-Executive Commission on China, Top Leaders Praise the Work of China's "Patriotic Religious Organizations" Archived 2013-02-17 at the Wayback Machine , 10 March 2010.
  6. ↑ "China publishes 'living buddha' list". BBC News . 2016-01-18. Archived from the original on 2019-08-14. Retrieved 2019-08-14.
  7. ↑ Chin, Josh (2016-01-19). "China Launches Living-Buddha Authentication Site, Dalai Lama Not Included". The Wall Street Journal . Archived from the original on 2019-08-14. Retrieved 2019-08-14.
  8. ↑ Cervellera, Bernardo (17 September 2009). "CHINA Ye Xiaowen, party hound on Vatican and religions, is promoted". www.asianews.it. Archived from the original on 16 January 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  9. ↑ 宗教局長換人 專家指政策不變 Archived 2012-02-23 at the Wayback Machine (New Chairman for SARA, Experts Says Policy Has Not Changed), Ming Pao, 18 September 2009.
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