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Religious Freedom in China, State-Controlled Religion Factsheet (USCIRF, 2022)

US Commission on International Religious Freedom, read 2026-08-16

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A USCIRF factsheet on China's seven state-controlled religious associations, supervised by the State Administration for Religious Affairs and the Chinese Communist Party's United Front Work Department, under which registration requires a government sponsor and the 2022 Measures for the Administration of Financial Affairs of Religious Premises impose state financial oversight on registered venues.

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Author
US Commission on International Religious Freedom
Publisher
US Commission on International Religious Freedom
URL
https://www.uscirf.gov/sites/default/files/2022-12/2022%20Factsheet%20-%20China%20State-Controlled%20Religion.pdf
Source Type
Government report
Assessment
Reliability Tier
1
Tier 1: a US federal commission's factsheet on China's own state religious apparatus, used for its documented account of registration and control mechanisms rather than for a funding claim it does not itself make.
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  • Countries, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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