「중국기독교교회규장」과 중국교회 법제화

유미경 국립부경대학교 인문사회과학연구소 2024 인문사회과학연구 Vol.25 No.3

시진핑 지도부가 2016년에 종교중국화를 제기하고 2017년에 당의 종교정책을 법제화한 「종교사무조례」를 반포하면서 강력한 종교정책의 시행을 예고하자 중국기독교계는 비교적 빠르게 부응해서 당해 12월 「기독교중국화추진 5개년사업계획요강(2018 -2022)」을 내놓았다. 이는 기독교중국화를 추진하여 ‘중국’의 교회를 건설하겠다는 이른바 중국식 ‘종교개혁’을 선언한 것이다. 사업개시 첫해에 해당하는 2018년 연차별 사업의 하나가 「종교사무조례」에 근거해 「중국삼자애국위원회장정」, 「중국기독교협회장정」, 「중국기독교교회규장」을 수정하여 기독교중국화의 최신 성과를 반영하자는 계획이 있었다. 본 연구는 그중 「중국기독교교회규장」을 주요 연구대상으로 선택하여 ‘중국교회의 법제화’라는 각도에서 교회규장의 변화 추이를 살피고 중국교회의 전망을 고찰하고자 했다. 연구대상과 범위는 중국교회의 전국적 통일규정이 되는 1996년, 2008년, 2018년 「중국기독교교회규장」 3종과 교회규장의 개정에 영향을 끼친 2004년, 2017년 「종교사무조례」 2종에 집중했다. 2종의 「종교사무조례」와 3종의 「중국기독교교회규장」의 내용을 분석한 결과, 특히 2018년 개정 「중국기독교교회규장」은 2017년에 통과된 개정 「종교사무조례」의 틀과 조항들에 대응하여 전면적으로 재구성되고, 전체적으로 법규 조항 또한 대폭 증설되었음을 발견할 수 있었다. 이렇게 해서 중국기독교의 교회규장은 교회와 신앙을 규범화하는 것을 넘어서 법률적 성격 즉 법제화 현상이 자못 뚜렷해졌다. 이를 기독교양회의 법제화, 교회의 법제화, 공익자선의 법제화로 대별하여 법제화의 면면을 살펴보았다. 교회규장의 법제화는 당정의 명령을 수용하는 중국기독교양회가 보다 더 강력하게 교회를 통솔할 수 있는 권한이 강화되어서 교회 관리가 용이해짐을 의미한다. 그러나 신앙생활에 영향을 끼칠 교회규장의 구속성에 대한 반발과 저항 또한 분명히 예상된다. 현실적으로 중국교회는 법의 이름으로 행해지는 여러 압박에 순응하는 상황이지만 시련의 기회에서 가능한 출구를 모색하고 있으니 이를 주목할 필요가 있다. In 2016, Xi Jinping's government proposed the "Chineseization" of religion, leading to the 2017 "Regulations on Religious Affairs," which formalized the Party's religious policy. This marked the beginning of a strict religious framework in China. China's Christian community responded quickly, releasing the "Outline of the Five-Year Work Plan for Promoting the Chineseization of Christianity in China (2018-2022)" in December 2017. The first year of this plan, 2018, involved revising key church documents, including the "Statutes of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement of Chinese Christians," the "Constitution of the China Christian Council," and the "Regulations of the Christian Churches in China." This study focuses on the changes in the "Regulations of the Christian Churches in China," particularly their legalization, and what this means for the future of the Chinese Church. The study analyzes church regulations from 1996, 2008, and 2018, as well as the 2004 and 2017 "Regulations on Religious Affairs," which influenced these revisions. The 2018 revisions significantly expanded the legal framework, turning church regulations into binding legal documents. This legalization process grants the China Christian Council, under CCP control, greater authority to manage the church. While this could strengthen church governance, it may also provoke resistance due to increased Party control over religious activities. Under Xi Jinping, it remains uncertain whether Chinese Christianity will decline due to political interference or find ways to adapt and thrive despite these challenges.

중국의 종교정책과 법치화수준의 제고 ― 수정「종교사무조례」를 중심으로

김경아,강경구 대한중국학회 2017 중국학 Vol.61 No.-

On 26th of August in 2017, the Religious affairs Ordinance(2017) has been proclaimed through the Cabinet order. In this article, the reinforced parts of the rule by law have been examined focusing on the new provisions under the assumption that the Religious affairs Ordinance(2017) reflects the religious policy of the government of the president Xi Jinping. Further, their implications have been analyzed. If we have a look at the new provision, there are three main features. The first feature is the assurance through the rule by law. The Religious affairs Ordinance(2017) specifies the legal person registration of religious service facility, religious college and social security of the religious personnel. This can be seen as the result from the fact that the Chinese government has observed, studied the problems of the religious world and has accepted the recommendations from this field in an active manner. Secondly, the control through rule by law has been reinforced. The Religious affairs Ordinance(2017) controls commercial activities of religion through the new provisions, blocks the extremism of the religion and emphasizes the ‘Sinicization’ of religion. This can be seen as a countermeasure, which reflects the problems and features of each religion of China. The provisions for prohibition of the commercialization of religion aims Buddhism and Daoism while the provisions for prohibition of the extremism of religion aims Islam and Tibetan Buddhism. Further, the Sinicization of religion is relevant to all religions but would be executed focusing more on the rapid growth of Christianity. The third one is expansion of the area of rule by law. The Religious affairs Ordinance(2017) has established new provisions for the religious personnel and what they upload as well as has reinforced the level of restriction. This is not in the online area or extraterritoriality but to give the message that the government is monitoring their activities. The improvement of the level of rule by law of the Religious affairs Ordinance(2017) is mainly related to ‘legal protection’ and ‘illegal blocking’. The Chinese government is willing to protect the rights and interests of religious organizations, which follow their guidelines but to control the personnel, who are out of the legal lines set by the government, very strictly. In specific, the Religious affairs Ordinance(2017) consists more of regulation than benefits for the religious world. However, the reason why we must pay attention to this ordinance is that it implies the switch of the paradigm of religious policy for management of the policies to comply with the religious theory of religious theory of socialism with Chinese characteristics but not for the passive management any longer. 본 논문은 수정 「종교사무조례」가 시진핑정부의 종교정책을 반영하고 있다는 전제하에, 신설된 조항을 중심으로 법치화가 강화된 부분을 살펴보고, 그것이 함의하는 바를 분석하였다. 수정조례에 신설된 조항을 보면, 수정조례는 다음의 세 가지 특징이 두드러진다. 첫째, 법치를 통한 보장이고, 둘째는 법치를 통한 통제이며, 셋째는 법치영역의 확대이다. 중국정부는 종교조례에 신설된 조항을 통해 자신들의 가이드라인에 따르는 종교단체의 권익은 보호해주지만, 그들이 설정한 합법의 선 바깥에 위치한 자들은 엄격히 통제하겠다는 의지를 보여주고 있다. 엄밀히 말하면 수정조례는 종교계에 혜택보다는 통제가 더 많은 비중을 차지한다. 하지만 그럼에도 불구하고 우리가 주목해야 하는 이유는 중국의 종교정책이 더 이상 소극적 관리가 아닌, 중국특색사회주의 종교이론에 부합하도록 적극 관리하겠다는, 종교정책의 패러다임의 전환을 의미하기 때문이다.

중국 중앙과 지방의 종교정책시스템 : 국무원령과 성·시·자치구 ｢종교사무조례｣의 상호관계성을 중심으로

김경아(Kim, Kyung-A)(金敬娥) 대한중국학회 2020 중국학 Vol.73 No.-

본 논문은 중국 중앙과 지방정부 간 종교정책의 상호작용성을 분석하는 데 목적이 있다. ｢종교사무조례｣는 중국 최초의 종교행정법규인데, 이는 국무원령과 지방정부령의 두 가지 버전이 존재한다. 즉 국무원령 조례가 따로 있고, 성‧시‧자치구는 관할지역의 종교적 특수성을 반영한 조례를 따로 제정해 시행하고 있다. 왜냐하면 중국은 지역마다 민족 구성성분과 종교적 상황이 다르므로, 하나의 통일된 조례를 모든 지역에 동일하게 적용하기 힘들기 때문이다. 따라서 본 논문은 중앙-지방정부가 제정한 조례들을 비교 분석함으로써, 중국 종교정책의 상호작용성을 밝히고자 한다. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the interrelation of religious policy between the central and local governments. There are two main institutions that implement China‘s religious policies. One is the central government, and the other is the local government. If the central government presents the direction of the country s religious policy, the local government implements the country s religious policy. However, there is a subtle difference between them. Because different local governments have different ethnicities and different religious situations. Therefore, local governments establish the Regulations on Religious Affair, reflecting the policies of the central government and the religious specificity of the jurisdiction. This paper tries to examine the mechanism of Chinese religious policy by comparing the Regulations on Religion Affair established by the central and provincial governments.

중국의 종교정책과 법치화수준의 제고

김경아(Kim Kyung A)(金敬娥),강경구(Kang Kyong Koo)(姜鯨求) 대한중국학회 2017 중국학 Vol.61 No.-

본 논문은 수정 『종교사무조례』가 시진핑정부의 종교정책을 반영하고 있다는 전제하에, 신설된 조항을 중심으로 법치화가 강화된 부분을 살펴보고, 그것이 함의하는 바를 분석하였다. 수정조례에 신설된 조항을 보면, 수정조례는 다음의 세 가지 특징이 두드러진다. 첫째, 법치를 통한 보장이고, 둘째는 법치를 통한 통제이며, 셋째는 법치영역의 확대이다. 중국정부는 종교조례에 신설된 조항을 통해 자신들의 가이드라인에 따르는 종교단체의 권익은 보호해주지만, 그들이 설정한 합법의 선 바깥에 위치한 자들은 엄격히 통제하겠다는 의지를 보여주고 있다. 엄밀히 말하면 수정조례는 종교계에 혜택보다는 통제가 더 많은 비중을 차지한다. 하지만 그럼에도 불구하고 우리가 주목해야 하는 이유는 중국의 종교정책이 더 이상 소극적 관리가 아닌, 중국특색사회주의 종교이론에 부합하도록 적극 관리하겠다는, 종교정책의 패러다임의 전환을 의미하기 때문이다. On 26th of August in 2017, the Religious affairs Ordinance(2017) has been proclaimed through the Cabinet order. In this article, the reinforced parts of the rule by law have been examined focusing on the new provisions under the assumption that the Religious affairs Ordinance(2017) reflects the religious policy of the government of the president Xi Jinping. Further, their implications have been analyzed. If we have a look at the new provision, there are three main features. The first feature is the assurance through the rule by law. The Religious affairs Ordinance(2017) specifies the legal person registration of religious service facility, religious college and social security of the religious personnel. This can be seen as the result from the fact that the Chinese government has observed, studied the problems of the religious world and has accepted the recommendations from this field in an active manner. Secondly, the control through rule by law has been reinforced. The Religious affairs Ordinance(2017) controls commercial activities of religion through the new provisions, blocks the extremism of the religion and emphasizes the ‘Sinicization’ of religion. This can be seen as a countermeasure, which reflects the problems and features of each religion of China. The provisions for prohibition of the commercialization of religion aims Buddhism and Daoism while the provisions for prohibition of the extremism of religion aims Islam and Tibetan Buddhism. Further, the Sinicization of religion is relevant to all religions but would be executed focusing more on the rapid growth of Christianity. The third one is expansion of the area of rule by law. The Religious affairs Ordinance(2017) has established new provisions for the religious personnel and what they upload as well as has reinforced the level of restriction. This is not in the online area or extraterritoriality but to give the message that the government is monitoring their activities. The improvement of the level of rule by law of the Religious affairs Ordinance(2017) is mainly related to ‘legal protection’ and ‘illegal blocking’. The Chinese government is willing to protect the rights and interests of religious organizations, which follow their guidelines but to control the personnel, who are out of the legal lines set by the government, very strictly. In specific, the Religious affairs Ordinance(2017) consists more of regulation than benefits for the religious world. However, the reason why we must pay attention to this ordinance is that it implies the switch of the paradigm of religious policy for management of the policies to comply with the religious theory of religious theory of socialism with Chinese characteristics but not for the passive management any longer.

중국특색사회주의 종교이론의 고찰

강경구(Kang Kyong Koo)(姜鯨求),김경아(Kim Kyung A)(金敬娥) 대한중국학회 2017 중국학 Vol.61 No.-

중국특색사회주의 종교이론은 중국식 종교이론의 결정판으로서 중국의 종교에 대한 정치적 이론과 실천의 총합이다. 그것은 현재와 미래에 있어서 중국의 종교와 문화가 어떤 모습을 지니게 될지를 가늠하는 기준이 된다. 본고는 이러한 중국적 종교이론의 형성과정과 핵심내용 및 비판적 논의에 대해 고찰하고 있다. 내용은 다음과 같다. 먼저 중국특색사회주의 종교이론의 형성에 대한 역사적 고찰을 행하였다. 다음으로 그 내용적 특징에 대한 고찰을 통해 그것이 상호 이질적인 요소들, 즉 마르크스주의 종교관과 중국종교의 현실, 종교의 원리와 중국의 역사문화적 토양, 나아가 보장과 통제, 자유와 구속이 결합하고 있음을 밝혔다. 다음으로 중국특색사회주의 종교이론에 대한 비판적 논의들을 살펴보았다. 이와 관련하여 법률적 미비성 비판, 종교법 제정의 필요성 주장, 수정본 종교사무조례 비판, 정상적 종교행위를 종교극단주의로 해석하는 정부시선의 부당성에 대한 항의, 정상적 종교활동에 대한 비법적 강제조치에 대한 비판, 종교사무국의 부처이기주의의 위험성에 대한 지적, 종교 세속화 요구의 부당성 비판, 교육현장에서 행해지는 이중삼중의 종교탄압 등에 대해 살펴보았다. The theory of religion of socialism with Chinese characteristics can be seen as the ultimate work of the Chinese-type religious theory. This theory unites the historical experience on the religion management of the country therefore is the criterion for figuring out the current and the future of the China’s religion. The contemplation on this topic is as follows. Firstly, the formation of the theory of religion of socialism with Chinese characteristics has been examined in an historical perspective. This theory is in line with the political selection of the communist party for settlement of the urgent problems, by which the Chinese society is facing. In turn, the features of the contents have been contemplated. As a result, the feature has been found to be the combination of heterogenous elements. That is to say, the theory of religion of socialism with Chinese characteristics are featured with combinations of the realities of the Marxism and Chinese religions, principles of religion, historical and cultural foundations of China, assurance and control. Further, the critical discussions on the religion of socialism with Chinese characteristics have been examined. For this, the discourse on the legal incompleteness has been figured out. Then, the argument that the revised version of Regulation on Religious Affairs, which is the legislative expression of this has the unconstitutional power, has been examined. In addition, the criticisms on the conspiracy of the communist government for reinforcement of leadership as well as the department selfishness have been mentioned. Further, there are strong criticisms on the enforcement of the independence policy, which is for complete blockage of the external influences on religion. Moreover, there are criticisms on the clauses for requesting execution of the core value of the socialism. This means that religions must not be forced for secularization. Furthermore, there are many criticisms on the dual and triple restrictions on the religious activities in the field of education. The reason is that such action violates the freedom for religion a lot as well as the education act. Through this contemplation, we can figure out the fact that the Chinese political parties and the government are operating the national Church for the goal of the country, which is the rich China. That is to say, even the non-secular competence of the religion must be integrated into such national Church.

호금도 체제의 신종교정책 석평 : 〈종교사무조례〉를 중심으로

조재송 중국학연구회 2005 中國學硏究 Vol.- No.34

중국과 북한의 종교정책에 대한 선교학적

김원곤 한국선교신학회 2019 선교신학 Vol.54 No.-

북한이 어떻게 글로벌 세계 공동체에 동참하며 어떤 개방적 종교정책을 펴게 될 것인지를 예측하고 분석하는 것은 한국교회가 북한선교 정책을 세우는데 매우 유용하다. 북한 종교정책의 미래를 전망하는데 있어서 비교해 볼 수 있는 대상은 중국의 종교정책이다. 중국의 개방적 종교정책은 등소평과 강택민에 이어 현 시진핑 정부로 이어지며 발전해 왔는데, 현재 시진핑 정부의 종교정책은 2018년 2월에 발효된 ‘종교사무조례’에 잘 나타나 있다. 중국 정부가 바라는 대로 교회가 중국적 특색을 가진 교회로 정착되려면 종교자유와 정교분리 원칙과 같은 ‘국가와 교회’ 관계의 원칙이 올바르게 정립되어야 한다. 교회는 종교의 세속화, 자본주의화, 사유화, 정치화 등 중국정부가 우려하는 방향으로 빗나가지 않아야 하고, 국가 곧 중국정부는 교회가 우려하는 종교에 대한 불신과 무법적 강압 자세를 탈피해야 한다. 중국에서의 ‘교회와 국가’ 사이의 바른 관계 형성과정은 한국교회와 북한정부에게 좋은 모델이 된다. Analyzing how North Korea will join the global world community and what open religious policies will be carried out, is essential for Korean churches in order to establish a policy for the evangelization of North Korea. China makes it easier to predict the future of North Korea’s religious policies. The recent religious policy of Shi Jinping government is well expressed in the ‘Religious Affairs Ordinance’ promulgated in February, 2017. The proper relationship between ‘state and church,’ such as the separation of church and state, should be established in order for the church to become a church with China’s characteristics, as China desires. The process of forming a proper relationship between ‘church and state’ in China will be a good model for Korean churches that have a mission to evangelize North Korea in the future.

《종교사무조례》 수정초안에 나타난 중국 종교정책 변화와 로잔운동의 관계성 고찰

김광성 ( Kim Kwang Seong ) 한국복음주의선교신학회 2017 복음과 선교 Vol.38 No.-

The Lausanne Movement began in 1974 with the first International Congress on World Evangelization as part of the evangelical camp`s effort to overcome the crisis of the 1960s when the concept of missions was heading towards polar extremes of evangelism and social participation depending on one`s theological tendency. Through the Lausanne II in Manila in 1989 and the Cape Town 2010, the Lausanne Movement has brought together the evangelical camps and has played an important role in establishing theological foundations and practical directions for world missions such as awakening the importance of overseas missions, summarizing theological grounds for world evangelization, etc. Although the Lausanne Movement plays an important role of the evangelical camp in encountering the theology of missions of the ecumenical camp for the purpose of world missions, it is still not free from the evangelical camps` understanding and evaluation that communist proliferation would be an obstacle to the preaching of the gospel. At Cape Town 2010, around 200 delegations of the Chinese church from China were not able to attend the Congress due to the government`s refusal to grant permission to the delegation to travel abroad. As a result, the meeting between the Lausanne Movement and the Chinese church continues to remain as a difficult task to solve. This study was conducted with the premise that in order for the Lausanne Movement to meet with the Chinese church, a thorough understanding of the religious policies implemented by China must precede the meeting. The Chinese government, with its legislation on religious policy that prioritizes solving religious problems in the country, recently announced Religious Affairs Draft Revisions (Deliberation Draft). Since the Religious Affairs Draft Revisions is a legal basis for China`s religious policies, the analysis of the Deliberation Draft is an important indicator of future religious policy in China. By analyzing the contents of the Deliberation Draft, we can detect several important changes. First, the Chinese government will have the legal basis to more thoroughly control the Chinese church`s contact with foreign groups. Second, the Chinese government`s control over religious activities has expanded beyond domestic to abroad. Third, the Chinese government has extended its offline control of religious activities from offline to online. In addition, the Chinese government, which has implemented a dual religious policy that guarantees freedom of religion while strictly controlling religious activities, has significantly strengthened regulations preventing the possibility that the religious community will reinvest religious assets accumulated as a result of economic development and quantitative growth of its members for further growth of their religion. Therefore, going forward the Chinese government is expected to implement a strict control policy based on legal grounds. However, the religious policy of modern China has already been fundamentally changed. In implementing the Open Door Policy in 1978, China reinterpreted socialism and proclaimed the so-called “socialism with Chinese characteristics”. As a result, it has abandoned the traditional religious policy to forcibly annihilate religion and started to strongly promote freedom of religion policy to focus all the capabilities of the religious system on socialist development. In a socialist ideological system, religion cannot be left to exist. However, from a unified frontline strategy perspective it regards religion as a social phenomenon and recognizes the reality that religion exists in socialist society. The Lausanne Movement places highest priority on overcoming obstacles that hinder world evangelization. The existence of the communist camp is one of the major obstacles. However, it is also the target of companion for partnership to seek after for world evangelization. For the Chinese government, building a socialist society is its top priority. In modern China, religion, especially Western religion of Christianity, is becoming an important power in the development of socialism. If this situation can be understood prospectively, the Lausanne movement has full potential to establish a companion partnership with the Chinese church.

중국 인터넷종교 연구

유미경(Yoo, Mi-Kueng)(劉美景) 대한중국학회 2019 중국학 Vol.69 No.-

현재 중국은 사회안정, 민족단결, 국가통일, 사회주의를 수호한다는 명분으로 인터넷의 민주적 기능을 엄격히 통제하고 강력한 검열시스템으로 관리하고 있다. 마찬가지로 종교에도 법치의 관철을 강조하며 규제를 강화하고 있다. 따라서 지금 중국에서 인터넷과 종교는 갈등의 현장이자 해결을 기다리는 모순이라고 할 수 있고 이 현상에 대한 이해와 파악이 필요하다. 본 논문은 우선 중국 인터넷의 발전에 따라 강화되어온 인터넷종교 유관정책들의 변화 추이를 살펴보고, 그런 다음 필자가 두 해 정도 온라인에서 주시해 왔던 중국 인터넷종교의 활동양상을 고찰했다. 그 활동주체에 따라서 4단계로 나누어 당정이 내놓은 인터넷종교 정책에 순응하거나 경계하는 양상을 살펴보았다. The Internet and religion are very sensitive topics to deal with in China. They control democratic function of the Internet internally as well as operate the screening system externally in the name of defending social stability, ethnic solidarity, national unity and socialism. Religion is no exception. The subject of this study is online religious activities in China. The study explores online and mobile religious activities in China and also includes ones outside the Chinese territory that Chinese government have blocked search internally. Online religious activities in China are classified into 4types depending on the service provider. First, there are websites that the State Administration of Religious Affairs, the department of local religious affairs and patriotic religious groups and their affiliated places opened. We can read the direction of the Chinese religious policy. Secondly, you can find religion-related Web pages opened by the portal, communities such as BBS and the personal internet accounts run by a religious worker or a believer on social media platform like WeiBo and WeChat. Lastly, there are anti-government religious online media run by religious extremists or the heretic. They engage in guerrilla activities to avoid internet censorship or set up a website on an overseas network. They usually aim resistance to Chinese religious policy. Therefore we can see another possibility of Chinese religion in the future.

중국공산당 시진핑 지도부의 통치이념이 중국정부의 종교정책에 미친 영향

김광성(Kim, Kwang-seong) 주안대학원대학교 2024 주안신학논단 Vol.2024 No.2

본 연구는 시진핑 제5세대 중국공산당 지도부의 종교인식이 중국정부의 종교정책에 미친 영향을 규명하는 것을 목적으로 설계하였다. 이를 위해 먼저 중국공산당 제5세대 지도부의 지도이념으로 채택된 시진핑 사상이 등장한 배경과 내용을 검토하여 중국공산당 지도부의 국정운영 방향을 규명하고, 다음으로 시진핑사상의 국정운영법제화 방침이 중국정부 종교행정의 유일한 종합적 규범인 〈종교사무조례〉 개정에 어떤 영향을 미쳤는지 고찰하여 시진핑 지도부의 종교정책 방향을 밝힌다. 중국공산당 제19회기 전국대표대회 업무보고는 시진핑사상의 필요성과 그 구체적인 내용을 담고 있다. 본 연구에서는 시진핑사상에 담긴 국가통치이념을 분석하여 중국공산당 제5세대 지도부의 종교정책 방향을 규명하였다. 이를 정리하면 다음과 같다. 첫째, 시진핑 지도부는 중국공산당 종교업무 기본방침을 시진핑사상에 반영함으로써 덩샤오핑, 장쩌민, 후진타오의 종교정책을 계승하고 있다. 둘째, 시진핑 지도부는 사회주의 초급 단계론을 계승하여 개혁 개방정책을 지속적으로 추진한다. 셋째, 시진핑 지도부는 국가행정법 제화를 강조하면서 종교행정법제화를 강력하게 추진한다. This study was designed to investigate the impact of Xi Jinpings fifth-generation Chinese Communist Party leaderships religious perception on the Chinese governments religious policy. To this end, we first examine the background and content of the emergence of Xi Jinping Thought, which was adopted as the guiding ideology of the 5th generation leadership of the Chinese Communist Party, to identify the direction of the Chinese Communist Party leaderships state administration. Next, we examine the policy of enacting Xi Jinpings Thought into state administration in the Chinese governments religious administration. We reveal the direction of Xi Jinpings leaderships religious policy by examining its impact on revising the 〈Regulations on Religious Affairs〉, the only comprehensive norm. The work report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China contains the necessity of Xi Jinping Thought and its specific contents. In this study, we analyzed the national governance ideology contained in Xi Jinping Thought and identified the religious policy direction of the fifth-generation leadership of the Chinese Communist Party. To summarize, it is as follows. First, Xi Jinpings leadership inherited the religious policies of Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, and Hu Jintao by reflecting the Chinese Communist Partys basic policy on religious affairs in Xi Jinping Thought. Second, Xi Jinpings leadership continues to pursue reform and openness policies by inheriting the theory of the elementary stage of socialism. Third, Xi Jinpings leadership emphasizes national administrative legislation and strongly promotes religious administrative legislation.