Home›Sources›Religious Freedom in China, State-Controlled Religion Factsheet (USCIRF, 2022)SourcesReligious Freedom in China, State-Controlled Religion Factsheet (USCIRF, 2022)US Commission on International Religious Freedom, read 2026-08-16Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Religious Freedom in China, State-Controlled Religion Factsheet (USCIRF, 2022)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/uscirf-2022-china-state-controlled-religion.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Religious Freedom in China, State-Controlled Religion Factsheet (USCIRF, 2022). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/uscirf-2022-china-state-controlled-religionCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-religious-freedom-in-china-state-control, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Religious Freedom in China, State-Controlled Religion Factsheet (USCIRF, 2022)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/uscirf-2022-china-state-controlled-religion}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXA 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.FactsClaims Backed By This Source (8 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCitationAuthorWell-attestedUS Commission on International Religious FreedomPublisherWell-attestedUS Commission on International Religious FreedomURLWell-attestedhttps://www.uscirf.gov/sites/default/files/2022-12/2022%20Factsheet%20-%20China%20State-Controlled%20Religion.pdfSource TypeWell-attestedGovernment reportAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1Tier 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.Claims Backed By This Source (8 claims)This source backs 8 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSources, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.Countries, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.Well-attested7CountriesChinaSourcesReligious Freedom in China, State-Controlled Religion Factsheet (USCIRF, 2022)General References1CountriesChinaComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year