{"id":8052,"date":"2026-02-04T11:30:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T11:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/ground_post\/factsheet-on-regulation-for-religious-groups-in-china\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T11:30:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T11:30:07","slug":"factsheet-on-regulation-for-religious-groups-in-china","status":"publish","type":"ground_post","link":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/ground_post\/factsheet-on-regulation-for-religious-groups-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Factsheet on Regulation for Religious Groups in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"main-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"hero\">\n<div class=\"block-layout-region\">\n<div id=\"block-herointernalpageblock\" class=\"block block-custom-blocks block-hero-internal-block\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"internal_hero_wrapper custom-hero  internal-hero-js-adjust\">\n<div class=\"internal_hero\" style=\"background-image: linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0, 0, 0, 1) 3%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0), rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)), url(\" themes custom uscirf2020 assets images defaulthero.png\"); background-position-x: center; background-position-y: center\">\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h1 class=\"internal-hero-title\">Factsheet on Regulation for Religious Groups in China <\/h1>\n<div class=\"custom-breadcrumb hidden\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"insertNavHere\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"main\" class=\"container\">\n              <a target=\"_blank\" id=\"main-content\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-drupal-messages-fallback class=\"hidden\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"block-uscirf2020-content\" class=\"block block-system block-system-main-block\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"basic-page\">\n<div class=\"paragraph-section paragraph-unique-9773\" style=\"\" data-animation=\"fadeIn\" data-animation-delay=\"0.3\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"single-container row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"full-content\">\n<p><span><span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uscirf.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2020%20Factsheet%20-%20China_0.pdf\">Click here to view the February 2020 Factsheet on Regulation for Religious Groups in China<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>On February 1, 2020, the Chinese government\u2019s Administrative Measures for Religious Groups went into effect. This regulation requires religious groups to obtain government permission for nearly every aspect of their operations. In addition, they must accept and teach the principles of the Chinese Communist Party. This factsheet provides a brief overview of the new regulation and explains why it marks a significant escalation in the Chinese government\u2019s ongoing crackdown on religious freedom.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>In its\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uscirf.gov\/countries\/china\">2019 Annual Report<\/a>, USCIRF recommended that the U.S. Department of State designate China as a \u201ccountry of particular concern\u201d (CPC) due to its systematic, ongoing and egregious violations of religious freedom.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n\t\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"block-taxonomytermview\" class=\"block block-custom-blocks block-taxonomy-term-view\">\n<div class=\"content\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscirf.gov\/resources\/factsheet-regulation-religious-groups-china?rand=6542\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Factsheet on Regulation for Religious Groups in China Click here to view the February 2020 Factsheet on Regulation for Religious Groups in China On February 1, 2020, the Chinese government\u2019s Administrative Measures for Religious Groups went into effect. This regulation requires religious groups to obtain government permission for nearly every aspect of their operations. 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