Director of the Institute of Christianity Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Ren Yanli addressing the scholars of the conference

Director of the Institute of Christianity Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Ren Yanli addressing the scholars of the conference

Ren Yanli, director of the Department of Studies on Christianity of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, spoke on behalf of the participating scholars. He said, “Hebei is a huge province in terms of religions. Our government leaders have high regards for it. On behalf of the academic circle, I would like to express our gratitude. Now as academic studies on different religions are blooming, this conference will motivate the cooperation between the religious sector and the academics, producing fruitful results in this research area.”