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Chairman Yanjue's speech

Chairman Yan Jue issues appointment letters to experts and scholars

Deputy Secretary-General Guangquan notified the Five-Year Work Plan of the Buddhist Education Committee of the Tenth Council of the Chinese Buddhist Association

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Vice Chairman Ming Hai made a concluding statement

On May 9, 2021, the first meeting of the Buddhist Education Committee of the Tenth Council of the Chinese Buddhist Association was held in Beijing. The meeting learned the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s speech during his inspection at Tsinghua University, the "Regulations on the United Front Work of the Communist Party of China," "Management Measures for Religious Colleges," and "Management Measures for Religious Teachers", and Wang Zuoan, Vice Minister of the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee of the United Front Work Department in the Chinese Buddhist Association. The speech at the opening ceremony of the tenth national congress, reviewed and approved the working rules and membership list of the national Chinese Buddhist college teachers’ qualifications, professional title evaluation, degree awarding working group and teaching material compilation leading group, and notified the "Chinese Buddhist Association No. The Five-Year Work Plan of the Buddhist Education Committee of the Tenth Council.

The heads of relevant departments of the Central United Front Work Department, all members of the Education Committee of the 10th Council, and relevant experts and scholars attended the meeting. Master Yan Jue, President of the Chinese Buddhist Association, and the relevant department heads of the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee delivered speeches at the meeting, and Master Ming Hai, Vice President of the Chinese Buddhist Association, delivered a concluding speech. The meeting was presided over by Master Guangquan, Deputy Secretary-General of the Chinese Buddhist Association and Director of the Buddhist Education Committee of the Tenth Council.

Master Yan Jue, president of the Chinese Buddhist Association, said in his speech that Buddhist education is related to the healthy inheritance and future of Buddhism, and is one of the key tasks of the Chinese Buddhist Association. Buddhist education is never completed, only in progress. He put forward four opinions on the training of Buddhist talents in the new stage: First, thoroughly implement the new requirements of ideological and political education, and cultivate qualified Buddhist talents who support the party, patriotism, and integrity; second, strive to promote the construction of Buddhist colleges and strengthen the links between domestic colleges and universities. At the same time, it is necessary to implement the reward and punishment system, improve the curriculum system, organize teacher professional training, and carry out teacher qualification certification, professional title review and appointment, and degree awarding in an orderly manner; third, actively adapt to the new needs of social development, according to the promotion of the sinicization of Buddhism in the new era New requirements and new changes in the characteristics of students reform the curriculum; the fourth is to create a new situation of exchanges and mutual learning, strengthen exchanges and cooperation with national education universities, scientific research institutes, experts and scholars, and continue to carry out friendly exchanges of Buddhist education with foreign countries and explore the construction of the sea. A platform for the exchange of Buddhist talents inside and outside.

The heads of the relevant departments of the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee put forward four suggestions for the new stage of Buddhist education: First, to deeply study and understand the important exposition spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping on the cultivation of religious talents and ideological and political courses, and put the training of Buddhist talents in a prominent position. To better play the role of the main channel of Buddhist academies; second, adhere to the direction of Sinicization of Buddhism, strengthen the study of Buddhist classics, and gradually build a Buddhist ideology system with Chinese characteristics; third, earnestly study the party’s religious theories and policies, and continuously strengthen self-construction; It is to give full play to the enthusiasm and initiative of the special committees to promote the implementation of key tasks.

The Buddhist Education Committee of this Council also hired Wei Daoru, Zhang Fenglei, He Jianming, Zhang Wenliang, Li Silong, Zhou Xuenong, Xu Wenming, Liu Chengyou, Huang Xianian, Ji Huachuan, Bao Shengyong, Liu Luming, Yu Jing, Ming Yao, etc.14 A well-known domestic expert and scholar serves as a member of the relevant working group. Chairman Yan Jue issued letters of appointment to experts and scholars.

Also present at this meeting were Venerable Zhanru, Venerable Xincheng, Vice-President of the Chinese Buddhist Association, and Venerable Hongdu, Deputy Secretary-General.