Religious affairs management adheres to the 20-word policy of protecting legality, stopping illegality, containing extremes, resisting infiltration and cracking down on crime. Stopping illegality is two aspects of protecting legality. Only when illegal religious activities are effectively stopped can religious activities be standardized and orderly, which is the premise of the healthy development of religion and is also in line with the interests of believers and non-believers. At present, there are various forms of illegal religious activities, such as building temples in disorder, building Buddha statues in disorder, organizing pilgrimages privately, setting up Christian meeting places privately, faking religious personnel to cheat money and collect wealth, contracting temples, listing temples as assets, and illegally preaching on the Internet. These illegal religious activities not only affect the normal religious order, but also harm the interests of the public, which requires the government to strengthen supervision and management and stop and correct them in time. At the same time, the government should guide religious circles to strengthen self-management, raise awareness of the rule of law, and consciously carry out activities within the scope permitted by laws and regulations. No organization or individual may use religion to engage in illegal activities such as endangering national security, disturbing social order, harming citizens' health, interfering with the national education system, and other activities that harm national interests, social interests and citizens' legitimate rights and interests.

Legal basis: Article 3 of the Regulations on Religious Affairs.

The management of religious affairs adheres to the principles of protecting legality, stopping illegality, containing extremes, resisting infiltration and cracking down on crime.