On the afternoon of February 26th, the city-wide Ethnic and Religious Affairs Director's Conference was held. The conveyed and studied the spirit of the National United Front Work Department Minister's Conference, the National Ethnic Affairs Commission Director's Conference, the Provincial United Front Work Minister's Conference, the Provincial Ethnic and Religious Affairs Director's Conference, and the City-wide United Front Work Department Minister's Conference, summarized the work, analyzed the situation, and deployed tasks. Li Zhen, Deputy Director of the United Front Department of the Municipal Party Committee and Director of the Municipal Ethnic and Religious Affairs Bureau attended the meeting and delivered a speech.
The conference pointed out that in 2025, under the strong leadership of the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government, city's ethnic and religious work system focused on the central task, served the overall situation, took on responsibilities, and worked hard, closely around the main line of casting the of the Chinese nation's community, systematically promoted the sinicization of our country's religion, and made new progress and achieved new results in various work.

The emphasized that in 2026, the city's ethnic and religious work system should adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for New Era, conscientiously study and implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress and the second and subsequent plenary sessions of the Central Committee, and continuously deepen improve the implementation of the decisions and arrangements of the Central Committee, the construction of a common spiritual home for the Chinese nation, the promotion of exchanges and integration among all ethnic groups, promotion of all ethnic groups towards socialist modernization, the promotion of the sinicization of our country's religion in Jinan practice, the support for the religious circles toively govern the church strictly, the strengthening of the legal governance of ethnic and religious affairs, the solidification of the grassroots foundation of ethnic and religious work, and the strengthening of information propaganda work, so as to continuously promote the high-quality development of the city's ethnic and religious work.

The meeting emphasized the need to adhere to seeking truth from facts, taking responsibility, and enhancing political capabilities, coordination, implementation, and problem-solving. It urged participants to resolutely serve as the vanguard, action team, and combat force for ethnic and religious work, to push tasks to the ground with a spirit of pragism, and to contribute to accelerating the construction of a "strong, new, excellent, rich, beautiful, and high" socialist modernized strong provincial capital in the new era.
Representatives from the Ethnic and Religious Affairs Bureaus of various districts and counties, heads of the professional departments, as well as those responsible for ethnic and religious affairs various functional zones and key professionals, and relevant leaders of the departments (units) of the Municipal United Front Work Department attended the meeting.