A senior official on Sunday called on heads of Chinese religious
groups to make greater contributions to the country's reform and
modernization and the building of a harmonious socialist
society.
Jia
Qinglin, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese
People's Political Consultative Conference, the top advisory
body of the country, said at a seminar attended by heads of
religious groups that these groups had made considerable progress
in their own development last year.
While conducting wider exchanges with the religious communities
of other countries, the Chinese religious groups worked hard
against outside forces trying to infiltrate the fabric of Chinese
society under the guise of religion, thereby safeguarding social
stability and national security, Jia said. He extended
Spring Festival greetings to all religious figures and
followers throughout the country on behalf of the Central Committee
of the Communist Party of China and General Secretary Hu
Jintao.
Jia added that such efforts should be continue for 2006.
(Xinhua News Agency January 23, 2006)