The Guangdong Ethnic and Religious Affairs Commission released the revised Application Provisions and the Benchmark of Administrative Punishment Discretion of Guangdong Religious Affairs Departments on October 24.

As per the Regulations on Religious Affairs and the Administrative Measures for Internet Religious Information Services, it is a requisite for entities disseminating religious information to the public via the internet to possess a valid Internet Religious Information Service License.

The National Religious Affairs Administration recently promulgated the "Administrative Measures for the of Religious Activity Venues" by Order No. 19, which will come into effect on September 1, 2023.

The National Religious Affairs Administration is soliciting views on the Regulations Governing the Sites of Religious Activities (Draft for Public Comment).

The 2023 government work report said that China should adhere to the basic policy on religious affairs and the sinicization of religion this year.

The registered church has been attempting to pass relevant exams and obtain the permits and some of them succeed, while the house church has suffered WeChat account demolition, website shutdown, and restrictions, trying to explore any alternative to release Christian online.

As the Measures for Financial Management of Religious venues were promulgated, the head of the National Religious Affairs Administration met the press and answered relevant reporters' questions on the formulation of the Measures.

Recently, the State Administration of Religious Affairs launched the "Measures for the Financial Management of Venues for Religious Activities", which will come into force on June 1.

With Jiangsu Province announcing that the Internet religious information service license examination will be launched in the middle of this month, all provinces in China have successively started the licensing work.

Shanghai claimed that religious people can apply to take an exam to become Internet religious information examiners.