Senior official extends Spring Festival greetings to religious groups

Wang Huning, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, meets with leaders of national religious groups ahead of the Chinese New Year, on Feb. 12, 2026. Wang on Thursday extended Spring Festival greetings to religious leaders and believers across China. (Xinhua/Li Tao)

BEIJING, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- Wang Huning, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, on Thursday extended Spring Festival greetings to religious leaders and believers across China.

Wang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, met with leaders of national religious groups ahead of the Chinese New Year. Heads of the Buddhist Association of China, the Taoist Association of China, the China Islamic Association, the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association and the National Committee of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement of the Protestant Churches in China were present at the meeting and delivered speeches.

Wang spoke highly of the work of the religious groups in 2025, urging systematic efforts to ensure that religions in China are Chinese in orientation and ensure law-based management of religious affairs, with the aim of contributing to the realization of Chinese modernization.

He called on the national religious groups to guide religious figures and believers to develop an accurate understanding of country, history, ethnicity, culture and religion, unite more closely around the CPC and the Chinese government, and help religions in China integrate with fine traditional Chinese culture and adapt to the socialist society.

Wang also stressed the importance of strengthening the law-based governance of religious affairs.