According to Article 5 of the Regulations on Religious Affairs, what principles does religion adhere to? Religious groups, religious institutions and places for religious activities.

The Regulations on Religious Affairs stipulates that all religions adhere to the principle of independence and self-management. Religious groups, religious colleges and places for religious activities are independent legal entities, and their legitimate rights and interests are protected by law, and no organization or individual may infringe upon them.

Religious groups, religious colleges and places for religious activities shall abide by the Constitution, laws, regulations and rules, practice socialist core values, and safeguard national unity, ethnic unity, religious harmony and social stability.

The party and the government regard religious groups as a bridge and link between religious figures and religious citizens. Religious organizations have played an active role in assisting the government in implementing religious laws and regulations, strengthening the management of religious affairs, safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of religious citizens, promoting the harmony of religious relations, maintaining social stability and promoting economic and social development.

Religious colleges and universities are an important base for cultivating patriotic religious reserve talents and an important position for correctly implementing religious education. Strengthening the construction of religious colleges and universities according to law is an inevitable requirement for fully implementing the Party's basic policy on religious work in China and adhering to the religious direction in China, and is an important measure to uphold the principle of independence and self-management of religions and resist the infiltration of religions by foreign forces.

Places for religious activities are legal places for religious citizens to carry out religious activities and necessary conditions for religious citizens to exercise their religious rights and conduct normal religious activities. Strengthening the management of places for religious activities according to law is an inevitable requirement for comprehensively implementing the Party's basic policy on religious work and adhering to the religious orientation of China. It is an important measure to adhere to the principle of religious independence and self-management, to resist the infiltration of foreign forces using religion, and to protect the normal religious needs of religious citizens.

In short, all religions adhere to the principle of independence and self-management, which is stipulated in our Constitution and is also a necessary condition for the healthy inheritance of all religions in our country.