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BEIJING: China has issued a new regulation under which all foreign organisations or individuals will be banned from spreading religious content online in the country, citing national security interests. No outfit or individual will be allowed to disseminate information about religious ceremonies on the internet unless they have a licence from China’s religious regulator, South China Morning Post reported on Wednesday.
The new rules state that people applying for the licence must be an entity or individual based in China and recognised by Chinese laws, and its main representative should be a Chinese national, the report added. The regulations are the first of its kind to tighten control of online religious affairs, coming two weeks after a national conference attended by President Xi Jinping, in which he called on China to “strengthen the management of online religious affairs”.
According to the regulations, state security authorities will manage domestic religious organisations and individuals and prevent them from conspiring with foreign bodies. Live broadcasting or recording religious ceremonies will also be banned
The new rules state that people applying for the licence must be an entity or individual based in China and recognised by Chinese laws, and its main representative should be a Chinese national, the report added. The regulations are the first of its kind to tighten control of online religious affairs, coming two weeks after a national conference attended by President Xi Jinping, in which he called on China to “strengthen the management of online religious affairs”.
According to the regulations, state security authorities will manage domestic religious organisations and individuals and prevent them from conspiring with foreign bodies. Live broadcasting or recording religious ceremonies will also be banned
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