China's top advisor Jia Qinglin yesterday called on religious
groups to use the positive role of religion to help boost social
harmony.
Religious groups should assist the government in handling
relations between religious and non-religious people, as well as
between people of different religious beliefs, said Jia, chairman
of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political
Consultative Conference (CPPCC), at a meeting with leaders of religious
groups.
Jia called for the consolidation and development of stability
and harmony in religious circles. China's social and economic
development is at a crucial stage, he said. Building a harmonious
society requires the joint efforts of the whole Chinese nation,
including religious groups.
He urged religious groups to regard boosting harmony as an
important part of their work and search for ways religion can serve
society and the people.
(Xinhua News Agency November 15, 2006)