(July 7, 2004 at the 57th Executive meeting of the State Council on November 30, 2004, People's Republic of China promulgated by Decree No. 426, published as of March 1, 2005) Chapter I General provisions article I in order to guarantee citizens ' freedom of religious belief, maintaining religious harmony and social harmony, regulate the management of religious affairs in accordance with the Constitution and relevant laws, this Ordinance is enacted.
Citizens have freedom of religious belief in article.
No organization or individual may compel citizens to believe in, or not to believe in religion, shall not discriminate against religious citizens (hereinafter referred to as religious citizens) or without religious belief of citizens (hereinafter referred to as religious citizens).
    Religious citizens and non-religious citizens, citizens of different religious beliefs should respect each other and live in harmony.
Article III of the State protects normal religious activities, religious bodies, sites for religious activities and religious believers to the legitimate rights and interests of citizens.
Religious bodies, sites for religious activities and religious citizens shall abide by the Constitution, laws, rules and regulations, safeguard national unification, ethnic unity and social stability.
    No organization or individual may make use of religion to disrupt public order, impair the health of citizens or interfere with the State education system, as well as other damage national interests, public interests and activities of citizens ' legitimate rights and interests.
Fourth all religions uphold the principle of self-administration, religious bodies, sites for religious activities and religious affairs are not subject to any foreign domination.
    Religious bodies, sites for religious activities, religious teachers and staff in a friendly, on an equal basis to carry out external exchanges; other organizations or individuals in foreign economic and cultural cooperation and exchanges shall not accept additional terms of religion.
The fifth people's Government religious affairs departments above the county level involved national interests and public interests of the administration of religious affairs, relevant departments of people's Governments at above county level shall undertake the administrative work according to law within the scope of their respective duties.
    People's Governments at various levels shall listen to religious groups, places of religious activity, and religious citizens advice, coordinated management of religious affairs.
Sixth chapter religious groups religious groups set up, change and cancellation shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Community regulations on group registration registration.
Religious articles should conform to the relevant provisions of the Community regulations on group registration.
    Religious activities in accordance with the Constitution and protected by law. Article seventh religious organization in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State can be produced within the religious information publications.
Religious publications published public offering, according to the regulations published by the State administration.
    Involved religious content of publications, should meet published Management Ordinance of provides, and shall not contains following content: (a) damage religious citizens and not religious citizens harmony of; (ii) damage different religious Zhijian harmony and religious internal harmony of; (three) discrimination, and insult religious citizens or not religious citizens of; (four) promote religious extreme doctrine of; (five) against religious of independent self principles of. Eighth to set up religious schools, should be determined by national religious organizations to apply to the Department of religious affairs of the State Council, or by provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the seat of the religious institutes to be established by religious groups provincial, autonomous regional and municipal people's Government religious affairs departments to apply.
Provincial, autonomous regional and municipal people's Government religious affairs departments shall, from the date of receipt of the application within the 30th comment to be agreed, and approval of the Department of religious affairs under the State Council.
    Department of religious affairs under the State Council shall receive national religious organizations whose applications or provincial, autonomous regional and municipal people's Government religious affairs departments set up religious schools within 60 days from the date of the report, the decision to approve or not to approve.
    Nineth article established religious College, should has following conditions: (a) has clear of training target, and running articles and courses set plans; (ii) has meet training conditions of students; (three) has necessary of running funds and stable of funding source; (four) has teaching task and running scale by required of teaching places, and facilities equipment; (five) has full-time of College head, and qualified of full-time teachers and internal management organization; (six) layout reasonable.
    Tenth national religious organizations may, according to the religious needs in accordance with the provisions of send and receive religious students.
    11th Muslim Chinese citizens going abroad for Hajj, the Islamic religious associations are responsible for organizing.
    Religious places 12th chapter III the collective religious activities of religious citizens shall, in General, in the registration of places of worship (temples, Taoist temples, mosques, churches and other religious premises) held by places of worship or religious organizations, by religious clerics, or meet the requirements of the religion of the other officer, in accordance with the teachings of religious observance. The 13th to set up places of worship, religious sites for religious activities to be established the seat of the county-level people's Government religious affairs departments to apply.
County-level people's Government religious affairs departments shall, from the date of receipt of the application in the 30th to be agreed, district of the municipal people's Government Religious Affairs Department for approval.
District municipal people's Government Religious Affairs Department shall receive the report of the county-level people's Government religious affairs departments within 30th of, to be agreed to establish temples, Taoist temples, mosques, churches, audit observations, submitted to the provincial, autonomous regional and municipal people's Government Religious Affairs Department for approval; fixed premises for religious activities on the other, the decision to approve or not to approve.
Provincial, autonomous regional and municipal people's Government religious affairs departments shall receive a municipal district people's Government religious affairs departments agreed to establish temples, Taoist temples, mosques, churches within the reporting date of the 30th, the decision to approve or not to approve.
    Established in places of worship by religious groups to apply for approval before they can apply for the construction of the venues for religious activities.
    14th article established religious activities places, should has following conditions: (a) established purposes not against this Ordinance third article, and fourth article of provides; (ii) local religious citizens has often for collective religious activities of need; (three) has intends presided over religious activities of religious taught vocational personnel or meet this religious provides of other personnel; (four) has necessary of funds; (five) layout reasonable, not hamper around units and residents of normal production, and life. 15th after completion of the construction of venues for religious activities are approved in the preparation and should apply to the local people's Government religious affairs departments at the county level to register.
    County-level people's Government religious affairs departments shall, from the date of receipt of the application in the 30th for the management of sites for religious activities organizations, review the rules and regulations of, to meet the conditions of registration, issue a certificate of registration of religious places.
    16th places of worship for merger, Division, termination or change of registration contents, should be to the original registration authority registration procedures for corresponding changes. 17th places of worship shall establish a management organization, practise democratic management.
    Member of the management of sites for religious activities organizations, elected through democratic consultation, and submitted to the registration authority of the site for archival purposes.
    18th places of worship should strengthen internal management, in accordance with the provisions of the relevant laws, rules and regulations, establishing and perfecting the personnel, finance, accounting, security, fire protection, heritage conservation, sanitation and epidemic prevention management system, accept the local departments concerned under the guidance, supervision and inspection. 19th Department of religious affairs should be places of religious activity to comply with laws, rules and regulations, establishment and implementation of management system in place, registration changes, as well as the supervision of religious activity and foreign-related activities.
    Sites for religious activities shall be subject to supervision and inspection departments of religious affairs.
20th venues for religious activities in accordance with religious custom to accept donations, but shall not be forced or assessed.
    Establishments, organizations of non-religious, non-religious activities, religious activities and shall not accept religious donations.
21st venues for religious activities in the distribution of religious publications, religious art and religion.
    Registered places of worship temples, Taoist temples, mosques, churches (hereinafter referred to as temples and churches) in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State can be produced within the religious information publications. 22nd across provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities held more than places of worship to accommodate large scale religious activities, or in places of worship outside the large-scale religious activities should be organised by religious groups, temples and churches to be held before the 30th day, held to the large-scale religious activities of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the people's Government religious affairs departments to apply.
Provincial, autonomous regional and municipal people's Government religious affairs departments shall, from the date of receipt of the application within 15th approve or not to approve the decision. Large religious activities shall be in accordance with the approved requirements contained in the notice in accordance with religious rituals, not inconsistent with this section, the provisions of the fourth. Sponsored by religious groups, temples and churches should take effective measures to prevent accidents from happening.
    Large-scale religious activity held Township people's Governments and relevant departments of the local people's Governments at or above the county level shall, in accordance with their respective responsibilities to implement the necessary management, ensure the large-scale religious activities in a safe, orderly manner.
23rd places of worship should guard against the premises of a major accident or violate religious taboos, such as hurting religious citizens religious feelings, events that undermine national unity and social stability.
    When an accident or event listed in the preceding paragraph, sites for religious activities shall immediately report to the seat of the county-level people's Government Religious Affairs Department. Article 24th religious groups, temples and churches to be in places of worship built outside large open-air religious statues, from religious groups of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities to provincial, autonomous regional and municipal people's Government religious affairs departments to apply.
Provincial, autonomous regional and municipal people's Government religious affairs departments shall, from the date of receipt of the application within the 30th comment, to be agreed, and approval of the Department of religious affairs under the State Council.
Department of religious affairs under the State Council shall receive in places of worship built outside large open-air religious statues within 60 days from the date of the report, the decision to approve or not to approve.
    Religious groups, temples and churches, and other organizations and individuals may construct large religious statues.
    25th units and individuals within the religious places rebuilt or newly built buildings, commercial and service outlets, the Organization of exhibition, film television, shall first seek consent of the religious places and the seat of the regional people's Government religious affairs departments above the county level.
26th to religious places as major tourist scenic zone, their local people's Governments at or above the county level shall coordinate and conduct religious activities and landscape, heritage, tourism and other aspects of interest, protect legal rights of religious places.
    Religious places as major tourist scenic spot planning and construction, shall be coordinated with worship style, the environment.
Fourth chapter of religious faculty 27th religious teachers and personnel designated by the religious group, people's Government religious affairs departments above the county level may engage in religious educational activities. Living Buddha of Tibetan Buddhism inheritance succession, under the guidance of Buddhist groups, in accordance with the religious rituals and historical conventions, and districts of the city-level people's Government religious affairs departments or districts of the city-level people's Government for approval.
    Catholic Bishops by the Catholic religious associations of religious affairs under the State Council for filing.
    28th religious teachers and staff for the main faculty or departure sites for religious activities, agreed upon by religious groups for religious, people's Government religious affairs departments above the county level.
    29th religious teachers and staff for officiating religious activities, religious ceremonies, engaged in religious activities such as research on collation of ancient books, religious culture, protected by law.
The fifth chapter of religious property article 30th religious bodies, sites for religious activities of legitimate use of land, legal all or use of buildings, structures, facilities, and other lawful property, proceeds, is protected by law.
    No organization or individual may appropriate, encroach upon, privately divide, destroy or illegally seal up, distrain, freeze or confiscate or dispose of religious groups, places of religious activity lawful property, must not damage religious bodies, sites for religious activities to possess, use artifacts.
31st religious bodies, sites for religious activities of all homes and land, to the local people's Governments at or above the county level shall, real estate, land administration departments to apply for registration, receive certificates of title, right; property changes, it should change in time.
    Land administration departments in identifying and changing religious groups or religious places when you land, shall solicit the views of people's Government religious affairs departments.
    32nd religious sites for religious activities in houses, fixtures and affiliated religious faculty living rooms may not be transferred, mortgaged or as a real investment. Article 33rd city planning or construction of key projects required the demolition of religious groups or religious places of houses, buildings, demolition should consult with the religious bodies or religious places, and to seek the views of the relevant departments of religious affairs.
    Demolition of consultations agreed to by the parties, demolished houses and structures to be demolished should be redeveloped or in accordance with relevant regulations of the State, in accordance with the market price of the demolition of houses, structures to be compensated.
    34th religious bodies, sites for religious activities can set up social welfare in accordance with law, the proceeds should be included in the financial, accounting and other legitimate income management, for the religious group activities or places for religious purpose, and social welfare.
    35th religious bodies, sites for religious activities in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State inside and outside the Organization and individual donations, and the activities of religious groups, places of religious activity purpose.
36th religious bodies, sites for religious activities should be implementing national financial, accounting, tax management system, in accordance with relevant State regulations, enjoy tax breaks.
    Religious bodies, sites for religious activities shall report to the local people's Government religious affairs departments above the county level financial situation and accepted, the use of donations, and published in an appropriate manner to the religious citizens.
    37th religious bodies, sites for religious activities cancellation or termination, shall carry out liquidation, liquidation surplus property should be consistent with the purpose of the religious bodies or religious places.
    Sixth chapter legal liability article 38th national staff in the management of religious affairs in abuse of power, negligence, malpractice, and constitutes a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law; do not constitute a crime, administrative sanctions according to law.
39th force citizens to believe or not to believe in religion, or interfere with normal religious activities of religious groups, places of religious activity, by the Religious Affairs Department ordered corrective action; there are acts violating the Administration, they shall be given administrative penalties for public security.
    Violations of legitimate rights and interests of religious groups, places of religious activity, and religious citizens shall bear civil liability constitutes a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.
40th using religion to harm national security, public safety, violations of citizens ' personal rights and democratic rights and jeopardize social order, violations of public and private property and other illegal activities constitute a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law; does not constitute a crime, the relevant competent authorities shall be given administrative punishment; losses caused to citizens, legal persons or other organizations shall bear civil liability.
Occurred during the large-scale religious activities endanger public security or seriously disrupt public order situation, relating to assemblies, processions and demonstrations in accordance with the laws and administrative regulations for on-site disposal and punishment; organized by religious groups, responsible for the temple Church, by the registration authority to revoke its registration.
    Large religious activities without authorization, shall be ordered to stop by the Religious Affairs Department activity; has illegally obtained, confiscate the illegal income, and may also be illegal gains more than 1 time fined not more than 3 times, in which the large-scale religious activities are organized by religious bodies, sites for religious activities without authorization, registration authorities can also order the religious bodies, sites for religious activities replace direct responsible personnel. 41st article religious groups, and religious activities places has following behavior one of of, by religious affairs sector ordered corrected; plot more heavy of, by registration management organ ordered the religious groups, and religious activities places replaced directly is responsible for of competent personnel; plot serious of, by registration management organ revoked the religious groups, and religious activities places of registration; has illegal property of, be confiscated: (a) not by provides handle change registration or record procedures of; (ii) religious activities places violation this Ordinance 18th article provides,
    Not established about management system or management system not meet requirements of; (three) religious activities places within occurred major accident, and major event not timely report, caused serious consequences of; (four) violation this Ordinance fourth article provides, against religious of independent self principles of; (five) violation national about provides accept both inside and outside donation of; (six) refused to accept registration management organ law implementation of supervision management of.
    42nd publications involving religious content to the article seventh content prohibited by the second paragraph, related units and personnel from the relevant competent authorities shall be given administrative punishments constitute a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.
Article 43rd any establishment of places of worship, places of religious activity has been revoked registration continues to conduct religious activities, or any establishment of religious institutions, be banned by the Religious Affairs Department, confiscate the illegal income; any houses, structures, building departments dealt with according to law; there are acts violating the Administration, they shall be given administrative penalties for public security.
Non-religious, non-religious places, religious activities, accept religious donations, ordered to stop by the Religious Affairs Department activity has illegally obtained, confiscation of illegal gains in serious cases, may be illegal proceeds more than 1 time fined not more than 3 times.
    Hajj religious citizens abroad without authorization organization, ordered to stop by the Religious Affairs Department activity has illegally obtained, confiscate the illegal income, and may also be illegal gains more than 1 time fined not more than 3 times.
    44th in violation of the regulations provide for the construction of a large outdoor religious statues, by the Religious Affairs Department be ordered to stop construction, dismantle; has illegally obtained, confiscation of illicit proceeds.
Article 45th religious clerics in the religious educational activities in violation of laws, rules or regulations, and in addition shall be investigated for legal liability related to the, recommended by the Department of religious affairs of religious groups to cancel their religious teachers and staff capacity.
    Counterfeit religious activities of religious clerics, ordered to stop by the Religious Affairs Department activity has illegally obtained, confiscation of illegal income; there are acts violating the Administration, they shall be given administrative penalties for public security constitutes a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.
    Article 46th specific administrative acts of the Department of religious affairs, may apply for administrative reconsideration on administrative review decision, you can file an administrative lawsuit in accordance with law.
    The seventh chapter supplementary articles article 47th Mainland and Hong Kong S.A.R., and Macau S.A.R. and Taiwan for religious exchanges, in accordance with the laws, administrative regulations and the relevant provisions of the State. 48th article of the regulations come into force on March 1, 2005.
                                                                    On January 31, 1994, the State Council issued regulations on the management of sites for religious activities be repealed simultaneously.