First, serve scientific development and improve the level of managing ethnic and religious affairs according to law.
For the first time, the xx report clearly put forward the important proposition of "giving full play to the positive role of religious people and believers in promoting economic and social development". To implement Scientific Outlook on Development and ensure the scientific and healthy development of ethnic and religious affairs, it is necessary to comprehensively improve the level of ethnic and religious departments in managing ethnic and religious affairs according to law, implement management in service, embody service in management, and bring ethnic and religious work into the legal track.
(a) Implement the regulations thoroughly.
1. Implement the regulations. This year, the key to implementing the regulations on religious affairs in the State Council is to implement them one by one. On the occasion of the second anniversary of the promulgation and implementation of the "Regulations", our bureau actively investigated the specific opinions and suggestions in the implementation of the "Regulations", which received the attention of higher authorities and laid the foundation for further implementation of the "Regulations"; Members of the United Front Work Department of each town and members of the People's Sect uniformly handled administrative law enforcement certificates and set up law enforcement teams.
2. Study and implement supporting laws and regulations. The Measures of the State Administration for Religious Affairs for the Record of Religious Teachers (Order No.3) and the Measures of the State Administration for Religious Activities for the Record of Major Teachers' Positions (Order No.4) came into effect on March 1 this year. We attach great importance to study, publicity and implementation, and held a meeting in the same month to make arrangements for the whole town, China Merchants, religious groups and religious activity places in the city to implement these two regulations.
3. Do a good job in renewing the registration certificate. This year, all venues for religious activities should re-examine their registration and issue new registration certificates. The higher authorities approved that 1 1 sites for religious activities in our city were temples and churches, and five of them were original sites for Buddhist activities in towns and villages. On May 65438+May 5, our bureau held a meeting attended by the Buddhist Association of the city and relevant towns and villages to discuss how to implement territorial management in towns and villages after the five activity points were upgraded to temples.
(2) Implement responsibilities step by step. On April 20, the city's United front work conference was held, and the main leaders of the municipal party Committee attended the meeting and put forward specific requirements for doing a good job in ethnic and religious work in the future. After the meeting, Sang Wuguan, deputy mayor of the municipal government and deputy head of the leading group for ethnic and religious work of the municipal party committee, signed the "Responsibility Letter for Ethnic and Religious Work Objectives" with towns and merchants. Villages and towns have also signed the "Responsibility Letter for Ethnic and Religious Work Objectives" with various administrative regions and villages, clarifying the responsibilities of doing ethnic and religious work well at all levels. The municipal party committee and the municipal government will continue to incorporate ethnic and religious work into the "Fresh Air Cup" assessment and the "Double Hundred" assessment of the city to the town. By signing letters of responsibility at different levels, the network of three-level management and two-level work responsibility system has been strengthened.
(3) Pay close attention to review and governance. On March 6th, the United Front Work Department of the Municipal Party Committee and the Civil Affairs Bureau jointly issued the "Notice on Looking Back" and the "Looking Back Self-Inspection Form", which arranged the time, content, method and focus of the review and management work. Set up an account in the town, inspect the old temple base that was opened in XX, fill in the special treatment form, and set up an account. During the governance review, no large-scale disordered structure was found, all of which were Xiaotian Warehouse and simple houses. More than 0/00 sites were demolished in the whole city, and the spirit of instructions from higher authorities was strictly implemented, so that they were demolished in place, completely rebuilt, sealed up and rectified, effectively curbing the spread and resurgence of illegal religious activities.
(4) Promoting administration according to law. In accordance with the requirements of the municipal government to further deepen the openness of government affairs, our bureau has carried out a comprehensive clean-up of the administrative powers exercised, * * * cleaned up and determined 26 administrative powers of our unit, and compiled 8 administrative power operation flowcharts, which were determined by the bureau leaders and announced to the public in the form of official documents and accepted supervision.
Second, serve the harmonious construction and actively guide religion to adapt to socialism.
(A) the role of religious groups gradually play.
1. Hold a meeting of the Buddhist Association of the city. On March 28th, the fourth congress of the Buddhist Association of the city was held in Changshu International Hotel, attended by 45 official representatives of monks and nuns and lay people and 15 non-voting representatives. Before the meeting, Suzhou Religious Affairs Bureau and United Front Work Department made a special trip to Changshu to inspect Wang, director of Suzhou Religious Affairs Bureau, Zhou, deputy director of Suzhou Religious Affairs Bureau, and Qin, leader of Changshu City. The conference elected the fourth Council of the Buddhist Association of the city and elected a new leader of the Buddhist Association.
2. Strengthen the construction of teaching staff. In order to solve the problem of weak teachers in the city's Christian three-self love society, the city's "three-self" introduced a teacher who graduated from Nanjing Jinling Theological Seminary; In view of the shortage of Buddhist teachers in our city, the city Buddhist Association introduced 10 graduates from Suzhou Lingyanshan Buddhist College and Suzhou Hanshan Temple, and also selected several young monks to study in the Buddhist College. And send personnel to participate in the training of the heads of temples, churches and fixed places organized by Suzhou, and do a good job in the study and training of religious personnel.
3. Improve the welfare of faculty and staff. The economic situation of temples in our city is improving year by year, and the work intensity of monks and workers is also increasing. According to the situation of temples in surrounding counties and cities, the basic living expenses of monks and workers in temples should be appropriately adjusted to improve welfare benefits. The salaries and benefits of Christian staff in the city have also been improved.
4. Assist in the establishment of Yangang Catholic Church. 10 June 13 morning, the opening ceremony was held in Yangang Catholic Church in Yangang Street, Changshu City. The ceremony was presided over by Father Xue Jiangang of Yangang Catholic Church in Changshu, and about 65,438+0,000 people attended. Vice Chairman of the United Front Work Department of the Municipal Party Committee, Zhou, Deputy Director of Suzhou Religious Affairs Bureau, Cao, Deputy Director of Suzhou Religious Affairs Bureau, and Bishop Wei Xin and Xu Honggen of Catholic diocese were invited to attend.
(2) Code for site construction management. In order to serve the harmonious development, we should first build a harmonious place for religious activities. Because places opened according to law are not only material carriers for religious people to carry out religious, cultural and social activities, but also spiritual homes for them to express their religious feelings.
1. Strengthen the guidance of township activity places. After five original Buddhist activity sites located in towns and villages in our city were upgraded to Buddhist temples, the Buddhist Association of our city issued the Management Opinions on Upgrading Buddhist Activity Sites to Temples, which sent three monks to each of the five upgraded temples, injected a certain amount of start-up capital and equipped them with vehicles in a unified way. After the selected monks arrived at the temple, they set up a site management group to coordinate the relationship with the local government, religious believers, members of the original group and the Buddhist Association of the city, implement seven management systems, and improve the standards of site management.
2. Coordinate and standardize management. On March 30th, a meeting on the management of religious activities in Kefu Temple was held. The meeting made arrangements on how to further strengthen the management of places for religious activities.
3. Spend the sweet news safely. On March 3rd, the municipal government organized a special coordination meeting for the Spring Festival and incense flood season. Before aromatherapy, our bureau held three meetings of relevant personnel and organized personnel to go to key temples for safety inspection many times. The Buddhist Association of the city has also actively organized forces to strengthen the guidance of flood control work in towns and villages. With the assistance of relevant units, there were no accidents in various Buddhist venues in our city during the incense flood season this year.
4. Build a safe place. In order to implement the emergency notice of the higher authorities on the safety inspection of religious activities and ensure the safety and stability of the religious field in our city, on August 22, our bureau issued a document to conduct safety inspection of religious activities in the city. Each religious activity place carries out self-examination, and towns and merchants city organize police stations, electricity consumption, safety supervision and other departments to conduct dragnet investigation on religious activity places within their jurisdiction and make rectification. The Civil Affairs Bureau shall, jointly with the departments of fire control and safety supervision, conduct a comprehensive inspection of the sites for religious activities; The restoration of the Daxiong Hall of Canghai Temple has reduced the potential safety hazards. The Buddhist Association of the city invited officers and men of the fire squadron to give guidance, and held fire training and fire drills in Xiaofu Temple.
(3) safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of the people's religious circles. To serve a harmonious society, one of the main working directions of religious departments is to greatly reduce disharmonious factors, coordinate the interests of all parties, properly resolve contradictions and disputes in the religious field, maintain social stability and promote social harmony under the principle of handling affairs according to law.
1. Strengthen coordinated management. With the deepening of reform and opening up, a large number of foreign ethnic minorities have flooded into our city, which will inevitably lead to contradictions. As soon as we have the information, we will go to the scene and try our best to nip the contradiction in the bud. A foreigner in Fushan, Yuhai, was detained by the local police for fighting, and his fellow villagers came to visit the Soviet Union. Our bureau actively contacted the local police and the matter was solved smoothly.
2. Maintain religious groups to impart property. In this year's Taixian Line demolition project, the real estate involving the Buddhist Association of the city has more than 1.200 square meters, and the Buddhist Association of the city has suffered losses due to the mistakes of relevant staff. On the one hand, our bureau arranged the person in charge of the Buddhist Association of the city to persuade believers, on the other hand, we actively communicated with the leaders of the Municipal Construction Bureau. After many negotiations, the problem was successfully solved.
3. Assist in church planning. This year, the old city was rebuilt, and the city Christian church is adjacent to the reconstruction area. Our bureau and the "Three Ones" of the city Christian actively contact with the city investment company and the Planning Bureau, and strive to take the transformation as an opportunity to comprehensively plan and build a brand-new place.
(4) guide religion to adapt to socialism. We will fully implement the policy of freedom of religious belief, earnestly safeguard the rights and interests of religious circles and believers, and promote the healthy development of religion itself in the process of guiding religion to adapt to socialist society.
1. Promote civilized pilgrimage. Buddhist temples are not only important places for believers to live religious life, but also windows of spiritual civilization. The newly completed Sanfeng Temple advocates civilized incense, giving tickets and a pair of three incense sticks. After a year's efforts by the Buddhist Association of the city and Sanfeng Temple, this civilized way of pilgrimage has gradually gained the understanding and support of all walks of life.
2. Support charity. 1.21On April 20th and 20th, Changshu Christian Three-Self-Love Association organized 10 medical staff to hold a free clinic in Fudi Square in the city center, benefiting 3,000 people. Second, the city Buddhist Association was invited to write a paper "The Role of Buddhism in Building a Harmonious Society", which expanded the influence of Buddhism in building a harmonious society. At the same time, they are enthusiastic about charity, donating tens of thousands of yuan to support the city's children's welfare home and poor college students, and actively donating to Suzhou Hanshan Temple Charity Fund, setting up a good image of religious circles serving the society.
3. Hold an essay contest. In May, the United Front Work Department of the Municipal Party Committee launched the theme activity of "Reviewing the Party History, Strengthening Belief, Discussing Major Events and Offering Suggestions" among the members of the United Front in the whole city to commemorate the 86th anniversary of the founding of the Party. The ethnic minority association and three religious groups in our city wrote 9 essays through people and things around them, of which 1 excellent essay was recommended to the United Front Work Department of the Municipal Party Committee. In addition, representatives of religious circles and ethnic minorities are actively recommended to participate in NPC and CPPCC and exercise their rights.
The third is to improve people's livelihood and promote development and progress in an all-round way.
The starting point of our religious work is to unite and guide religious figures and believers to actively participate in socialist construction.
(1) Serve the minority. We regard leading ethnic minorities to get rich and develop as a popular project, and actively strive to do a good job in service. The first is poverty alleviation. Poor ethnic minority households are the object of special concern to society. At the beginning of the year, the religious departments tried their best to raise funds through various channels, visited poor ethnic minority households and sponsored their children to study. The second is to provide warm service. Enhance the awareness of enthusiastic service and strictly control. According to the policy, confirm whether the candidates have ethnic minority status, and those who do not meet the standards will not be dealt with; If the materials are incomplete, they shall be completed as required. For the city 10 middle school students, the certificate of extra points for minority candidates was obtained, and 4 people changed their ethnic composition.
(2) Do a good job in investigation and reception. The inspection and guidance of superior leaders fully embodies the requirements of paying attention to and improving people's livelihood, and it is also a good opportunity for us to find out the shortcomings of our work and strengthen our own construction. On June 26th, Director Weng Zhenjin of the Provincial Bureau of Religious Affairs paid a routine visit. On June 20th, Chairman Feng of Suzhou led some members of the Standing Committee of Suzhou to visit religious work frequently. On April 26th, JUNG WOO, deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress, led the leaders of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Committee of the People's Sect, some deputies of the National People's Congress and representatives of relevant departments to investigate and inspect the implementation of the food hygiene and fire safety system in religious activities in our city.
(three) the implementation of the "convergence project". In August this year, the religious departments carried out activities in the religious circles, such as "making suggestions for the sound and rapid development of Changshu and gathering people's hearts" and "learning culture, current affairs and politics, and learning laws and regulations", with the aim of improving the quality and cultural level of religious believers and enhancing their political and legal awareness, and giving full play to the positive role of religion in promoting social harmony and gathering people's hearts. Among the ethnic minorities, we will continue to carry out the activity of "ethnic minorities get rich through hard work and run towards a well-off society", increase the poverty alleviation and development efforts of ethnic minorities in combination with the construction of new countryside, and promote the ethnic minorities in our city to enjoy the fruits of reform and development and take the road of * * * prosperity.
(four) to carry out networking activities. 65438+1October 3 1 day, April 3, September 12, respectively. Directors of ethnic minorities from all fronts in Changshu attended the meeting, carefully studied the spirit of the national work conference of the Central Committee and Su Sheng, and put forward many good suggestions for the recent national work in our city, which played a bridge role in contacting ethnic minorities.
(five) to carry out publicity month. In order to create a social atmosphere of national unity, progress and prosperity, build a harmonious Changshu and welcome the convening of the "xx Congress", Changshu Municipal Bureau of Religious Affairs issued the "Opinions on Launching the Publicity Month of" Promoting National Unity and Building a Harmonious Society "in our city. Publicity Month 15 September to 10/5 October, organized and carried out recreational activities, knowledge contests, newspaper joint exhibitions, special lectures, street consulting services, poverty alleviation and development, and doing practical things for ethnic minority compatriots.
Scientific development, harmonious construction and improvement of people's livelihood are a sustainable development process of "enjoying * * *, enjoying * * *". Ethnic and religious work must take the "three services" as the benchmark, reposition the standards of ethnic and religious work, re-explore the methods of ethnic and religious work, expand the fields of ethnic and religious work, improve themselves in service and enhance the motivation to do a good job.