Xuzhou has a long history. More than 6000 years ago, Xuzhou ancestors lived and worked here. At the end of primitive society, Yao called Peng Zu a big country, and Xuzhou was called Pengcheng.
There are five religions in Xuzhou: Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Catholicism and Christianity. At present, there are 26 religious groups, 6 municipal religious groups, 1 provincial religious group/kloc-0 (Catholic Xuzhou parish), 9 county religious groups/kloc-0, 607 places for religious activities and 464 religious staff.
Director Chen Guanhua of Xuzhou made an in-depth analysis of the problems existing in the construction of religious teaching style and the establishment of star-rated religious activity places in Xuzhou. He pointed out that these two tasks are related to the healthy development of religion, the social image and the effective play of its positive role. He hoped that all localities and religious groups would seriously find out the existing problems, and put forward improvement measures and formulate implementation measures from four aspects: improving the quality of faith, strengthening the practice of observing precepts, attaching importance to system construction and enhancing mass awareness.
The responsible persons of religious groups and venues for religious activities should lead by example, study and publicize, find problems, improve deficiencies, take the initiative, jointly do a good job in the construction of teaching style and the creation of star-rated religious venues, and continuously consolidate and deepen the construction and creation activities.