Recent news from the Taoist world: China Taoist Association meetings, ordinations and register conferrals, training programmes and international exchange.
On April 9, 2026, the Qingdao Taoist Association held a knowledge contest on religious policies and regulations at Taiqing Palace on Mount Lao under the campaign to study the laws, keep the precepts, value cultivation, and build a good image. Eight teams competed through preliminaries and a final with audience participation.
From December 5 to 9, 2025, a conferral of registers for Zhengyi Taoist priests from overseas, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan was held at the Mansion of the Celestial Masters on Mount Longhu, with more than 400 register-holders from 23 countries and regions and Masters Zhang Jintao, Ding Changyun, and Zeng Guangliang presiding.
On January 16, 2026, the China Taoist Academy held its 2025 annual assessment meeting. Executive Vice President Yuan Zhihong reviewed the year's work and set out the 2026 plan, staff gave work reports and were evaluated, and President Li Guangfu made three requests.
To advance the “Study the Laws and Regulations, Keep the Precepts, Value Cultivation, and Build a Good Image” campaign, White Cloud Temple and the Temple of the Fire Virtue True Lord in Beijing invited Zhang Yina of the Central Institute of Socialism to give a special lecture.
From December 29 to 30, 2025, the Eleventh National Congress of the China Taoist Association met in Beijing, electing Li Guangfu as president, Kuang Sheng as secretary-general, and 18 vice presidents, as well as the chairman of the Advisory Committee and the head of the first Board of Supervisors.
The World Taoist Federation's first training course for Taoist international exchange talent opened at the Shanghai Taoist Academy, bringing 30 Taoist key members from 14 provinces for eight weeks of study in religious policy, Taoist classics, foreign languages, and cross-cultural exchange.
On January 6, 2026, the China Taoist Association, Sichuan University, and Bashu Publishing House signed a publication cooperation agreement in Beijing for the Chinese Supplementary Taoist Canon. Cataloguing of the eight-collection, 640-volume Original Rare Editions series is complete, and the first 320 volumes are ready for publication.
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