In order to thoroughly implement the Party's policies on religious affairs and further unify thoughts and build consensus, to jointly promote the "unified chessboard" pattern of the national Taoist work, on May 28th, the China Taoist Association held a work coordination meeting with Taoist associations from all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government in Beijing. Taoist Association President Li Guangfu, Vice President Meng Ziling, Vice President Guo Hanwen, Secretary-General Kuang Sheng, and Vice-Monitoring Director attended the meeting. The meeting was chaired by Vice President Meng Ziling.
At the meeting, Vice President Guo Hanwen conveyed the key points of the 2026 work plan of the Chinese Taoist Association; Secretary-General Kuang Sheng presented a report on the work situation since the 11th National Representative Conference of the Chinese Taoist Association; Taoist masters Li Xinjun from Beijing, Yao Shuliang from Shanghai, Wu Li from Hunan, Tang Chengqing from Sichuan, and Ou Zhiang from Ningxia Autonomous Region delivered exchange speeches; The person in charge of the Education Department of the Chinese Taoist Association explained the newly formulated and revised educational policies of the association.
President Li Guangfu's speech
President Li Guangfu put forward requirements for further improving the work of Taoism. One of them is to continuously strengthen ideological and political guidance. Second, we will systematically promote the Sinicization of religions in our country to achieve deeper and more substantial progress. We will deeply explore the cultural resources, ecological wisdom and health life concepts of Taoism, and promote the creative transformation and innovative development of Taoist culture, so that the wisdom of Taoism can better serve society and benefit the public. Third, we will further advance the comprehensive strict governance of religions. We will focus on improving the religious atmosphere, with the main line of "learning, investigation, and improvement", and conduct in-depth follow-up inspections of the rectification and improvement efforts. We will transform the achievements of the "learning regulations, observing discipline, emphasizing cultivation, and establishing image" education campaign into a long-term governance mechanism. We will strengthen standardized management, strictly control the venues and the teaching staff, and enhance commercial governance, and standardize the conduct of religious affairs. Fourth, we will fully promote the construction of the talent team. Through measures such as implementing the "hundred-person project" for dual-channel talents, promoting the reengineering of academic qualifications, implementing the training plan for religious personnel, and strengthening the standardized construction of Taoist colleges, we will lay a solid foundation for the healthy inheritance of Taoism. Fifth, we will actively promote the overseas dissemination of Taoist culture. We will fully utilize the role of the World Taoist Federation, improve the system and mechanism; hold the sixth International Taoist Forum to build a high-level international exchange platform; implement the overseas dissemination project of Taoist classics, promote the cooperation plan between Eastern and Western Taoism, deepen exchanges at home and abroad, and continuously expand the international influence of Taoism, serving the national major united front and cultural go-global strategy.
Everyone unanimously expressed that they would take this meeting as a new starting point,Adhering to our original aspiration of loving the country and the religion, we will take firmer resolve, a more pragmatic approach, and more effective measures to steadily implement various key tasks and promote the healthy inheritance of Taoism,To contribute the wisdom and strength of the Taoist community to comprehensively promoting the construction of a powerful nation and the great cause of national rejuvenation through the Chinese path to modernization.
The heads of various departments of the China Taoist Association, the vice president of the China Taoist Association and the heads of various departments, the association's supervisors, the heads of affiliated temples and monasteries, etc. attended the main venue. The non-resident vice presidents, the supervisor-in-chief, the heads of Taoist associations in various provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, as well as the heads of key temples and monasteries in provinces where Taoist associations have not yet been established, participated online.
