National Religious Affairs Administration

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The National Religious Affairs Administration (NRAA), formerly the State Administration for Religious Affairs (SARA), is an external name of the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

Formerly, SARA was an executive agency directly under the State Council of the People's Republic of China which oversaw religious affairs in the country. In 2018, the agency and its functions were merged into the United Front Work Department.[1][2] The names of the former agency were retained by the United Front Work Department as external names under the system called "one institution with two names".[3]

History

Originally created in 1951 as the Religious Affairs Bureau, the State Administration for Religious Affairs was closely connected with the United Front Work Department (UFWD) and charged with overseeing the operations of China's five officially sanctioned religious organizations:

The State Administration for Religious Affairs was established to exercise control over religious appointments, the selection of clergy, and the interpretation of religious doctrine. State Administration for Religious Affairs was also meant to ensure that the registered religious organizations support and carry out the policy priorities of the CCP.[4] For instance, SARA has maintained a "living Buddha database" to track prominent Tibetan Buddhists who are loyal to the CCP.[5][6]

Ye Xiaowen directed the SARA from 1995 to 2009. During his tenure, he issued the State Religious Affairs Bureau Order No. 5, which furthered state control over reincarnations in Tibetan Buddhism, and attempted to suppress underground Catholics loyal to Rome (which he considered "colonial") and not to the government-sanctioned Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association.[7] After Ye was promoted to the Secretary of the CCP Committee at the Central Institute of Socialism, the former Deputy Director Wang Zuo'an was promoted to Director.[8] In 2018, that NRAA was merged into the UFWD as part of the "deepening the reform of the Party and state institutions".[1]

Leadership

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Directors

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

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Shao Quanlin Script error: No such module "Lang". August 1950 January 1951 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

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

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He Chengxiang Script error: No such module "Lang". January 1951 1954 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Religious Affairs Bureau

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He Chengxiang Script error: No such module "Lang". 1954 March 1961 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Xiao Xianfa Script error: No such module "Lang". March 1961 1975 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Bureau Disestablished 1975 1979 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Xiao Xianfa Script error: No such module "Lang". April 1979 18 August 1981 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Qiao Liansheng Script error: No such module "Lang". 1982 1983 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Ren Wuzhi Script error: No such module "Lang". 1983 1992 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Zhang Shengzuo Script error: No such module "Lang". 1992 1995 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Ye Xiaowen Script error: No such module "Lang". May 1995 March 1998 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

State Administration of Religious Affairs

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Ye Xiaowen Script error: No such module "Lang". March 1998 September 2009 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Wang Zuo'an Script error: No such module "Lang". September 2009 June 2022 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Cui Maohu Script error: No such module "Lang". 7 June 2022 18 March 2023 Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Chen Ruifeng Script error: No such module "Lang". 20 March 2023 Incumbent Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

See also

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Related PRC authorities

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References

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  8. ↑ 宗教局長換人 專家指政策不變 Script error: No such module "webarchive". (New Chairman for SARA, Experts Says Policy Has Not Changed), Ming Pao, 18 September 2009.

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External links

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