The Chinese government emphasizes religious freedom in China, but they claimed that religions must be checked. The concern for the unity and stability of China is a constant in Chinese policy as it was in China again and again of rebellions fanatical sects, such as the Taiping Rebellion, and dictations by foreign colonial powers, such as after the Opium War, which is why the government wants to protect itself. The control will be facilitated by clear and uniform structures on the side of the religious communities. Hence, the favoring of the "official churches". The control is exercised by the United Front Work Department and the State Administration of Religious Affairs (SARA). The quality of state religious policy suffers from a statutory ambiguity, competition between state actors, as well as the fact that posts in the state supervision of religion as Karriereabstellgleis apply. The de facto religious policy is shaped by local officials who made the whole political spectrum from liberals Altlinken to cover.