On June 2013 14, the first Taoist Congress in Guangxi was held in Nanning. Pei Biao, Deputy Director of the First Division of the State Bureau of Religious Affairs, Lai Derong, Vice Chairman of the Political Consultative Conference of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Minister of the United Front Work Department of the Party Committee, Liang, Director of the Bureau of Religious Affairs of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and Vice Chairman of the Chinese Taoist Association attended the meeting. The conference successfully adopted various agendas, elected the first leading group of Guangxi Taoist Association composed of President, Vice President Chen and Secretary General Wu Liran, and announced the formal establishment of Guangxi Taoist Association.