CHINA’S STATE OVERSIGHT OF THE PROTESTANT CHURCH “Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God.” [Romans 13:1] © 2021 CCSM PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC) Xi Jinping - President CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY GOVERNMENT MILITARY P must be party member for 5 yrs to be in central) O Xi Jinping Li Keqiang Xi Jinping 7 P L committeeO General Secretary Premiere Chairman R I L T O I I B T C U N STATE COUNCIL B ) E R E U (Chief of Secretariat ) S 35 Members meet every 6 months Ministries of: N O R Wang Yang ( G T O S E N with standing committee meeting • Public Security T E I R A T ( N T T weekly. Implement policy, draft laws, A S DI MI (Police Anti-cult L E NG COM O N V manage budget, reports, oversee C IO - Bureau) O R Guo Shengkun N law & order, local govts. 2 • Civil Affairs M 5) (Secretary) O M N Ministries, State Organisations, (manage church, IT 1 T 7 E You Quan 1 institutions and Administrations. charity & social E (Secretary) (2 2018 SARA moved to UFWD, renamed NRAA group registrations) 05 VOTI AND NG The United Front Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission Wang Yang, Chairman Oversees all legal enforcement authorities. A national & international network of people, parties, In 2018 the UFWD ‘s 610 OFFICE (anti-cult) activities groups, companies & organisations allied to CCP moved here and into Public Security Anti-cult Bureau United Front Work Department Policy proposals, inspections, reports, of the CCP advice, suggestions and criticism to CCP- You Quan, Director UFWD Central Committee 12 Departments - No. 11 & 12 are NRAA (CPPCC) CHINA PEOPLE’S POLITICAL National Religious Affairs Administration CONSULTATIVE CONFERENCE Wang Zuoan, Director NRAA An organ of the United Front Wang Yang, Chairman, 2237 MEMBERS [Note: Depts. 7 and 8 oversee Tibet and Xinjiang] (40% Party, others are reps from UF organizations & the Religious Affairs bureaus of provinces, eight legally-permitted political parties. Has Committee for municipalities and autonomous regions Ethnic and Religious Affairs, 65 seats for Religious Sector) CCP NATIONAL (NPC) NATIONAL National Conference of CONGRESS PEOPLE’S CONGRESS Chinese Protestant Churches 2000 MEMBERS 3000 MEMBERS (70% CPC, Plenary Committee Meeting TSPM/CCC ('Lianghui' -Two Organizations) Meet every 5yrs. Elect 30% UF or Non-Partisan) central committee. Meet 2 weeks/yr . Elect CCC Standing Committee review and alter Premier & President, President - Wu Wei CCP constitution. oversee government, General Secretary - Shan Weixiang review/vote on/ratify Theology · Order · Education · Publications laws & alter national TSPM Standing Committee PARTY CONGRESSES constitution. REGIONAL, Chairman - Xu Xiaohong General Secretary - Gu Mengfei DISTRICT, LOCAL PEOPLE’S CONGRESSES Church Administration multi-tier REGIONAL, election process DISTRICT, LOCAL Protestant Patriotics Associations 91.9 million CCP members multi-tier of provinces, municipalities and (required to be atheist) election process. autonomous regions.