According to news from the Central Political and Legal Committee Changanjian public account (changan-j) on November 30, the fourth meeting of the Standing Committee of the 13th CPPCC National Committee closed in Beijing on the 29th.The meeting voted to remove Xuecheng (Shi Xuecheng) from his position as deputy director of the Ethnic and Religious Committee, and accepted his resignation as a member of the Standing Committee and member of the 13th CPPCC National Committee.
Previously, netizens reported that Xuecheng was suspected of sexual assault, sending harassing messages, illegal construction of Longquan Temple in Beijing, and unknown whereabouts of large amounts of funds.Xuecheng successively resigned from his positions as the president of the Buddhist Association of China and the Buddhist Association of Fujian Province.The Buddhist associations in Beijing and Shaanxi have removed Xuecheng from his positions as the abbot of Longquan Temple and the abbot of Fufeng Famen Temple.
It is understood that Master Xuecheng received a master's degree from the China Buddhist Academy in 1991.In 2007, he was awarded an honorary doctorate degree in education from Chulalongkorn Buddhist University in Thailand. He was appreciated by Zhao Puchu, the former president of the Buddhist Association, and took over as the director of Guanghua Temple at the age of only 23.Under his leadership, Longquan Temple has grown from an initial group of 5 monks (3 from Tsinghua University and 1 from Beihang University) to more than 100 members, thousands of volunteers and over 10,000 lay Buddhists.In April 2015, Master Xuecheng was elected as the chairman of the Ninth Council of the Elected Buddhist Association.
Political experience:
In January 1998, he served as a member of the Standing Committee of the Eighth Fujian Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
On February 28, 2001, at the twelfth meeting of the Ninth Standing Committee of the CPPCC National Committee, he was elected as an additional member of the CPPCC National Committee.
On March 13, 2003, he was elected as a member of the Tenth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
In July 2005, he was elected as a director of the China United Front Theory Research Association.
In September 2005, he was elected as the vice chairman of the Second Youth Federation of Central State Organs and the honorary chairman of the Shaanxi Provincial Buddhist Association.
On November 2, 2007, he was elected as a director of the fourth council of the United Nations Association of China.
On March 13, 2008, he was elected as a member of the Standing Committee of the Eleventh National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
On April 10, 2008, he was elected as the vice chairman of the 3rd Youth Federation of Central State Organs.
On April 23, 2009, he was elected as the vice president of the Eighth Chinese People's Association for Peace and Disarmament.
On April 24, 2009, he was elected as the council member of the 10th China Association for International Exchange.
On July 25, 2009, he was elected as a director of the China Social Assistance Foundation.
On September 10, 2009, he was elected as the secretary-general of the third China Religious Circles Peace Committee.
On September 24, 2009, he was elected as the director of the Eighth China Association for the Promotion of Peaceful Reunification.
On February 3, 2010, at the Eighth National Congress of the Buddhist Association of China, he was elected as the resident vice president (to assist the president in his work).
On August 26, 2010, he was elected vice-chairman of the 11th All-China Youth Federation.
In March 2018, served as deputy director of the Ethnic and Religious Committee of the 13th CPPCC National Committee.
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