China said:
"The Special Rapporteur raised manifestations of collective religious hatred, which deserves high attention. China is always against extremism in religion. We are against religions and other things based in violence prejudice and intolerance. We call on international community to fight against religion based discrimination and violence. China is for policy and implements this policy of religious freedom. Civilians believing or not and religions have equal rights and responsibilities. We treat all the religions equally. China protects all the religious rights of all religious groups, encourages strengthening of cooperation among religions. In China believers and no believers they can respect each other and co-exist harmoniously."
The actual situation of religious freedoms in China according to the 2013 U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom report includes the following:
- "The Chinese government continues to perpetrate particularly severe violations of the freedom of thought, conscience, and religion or belief. Religious groups and individuals considered to threaten national security or social harmony, or whose practices are deemed beyond the vague legal definition of "normal religious activities," are illegal and face severe restrictions, harassment, detention, imprisonment, and other abuses. Religious freedom conditions for Tibetan Buddhists and Uighur Muslims remain particularly acute, as the government broadened its efforts to discredit and imprison religious leaders, control the selection of clergy, ban certain religious gatherings, and control the distribution of religious literature by members of these groups. The government also detained over a thousand unregistered Protestants in the past year, closed "illegal" meeting points, and prohibited public worship activities. Unregistered Catholic clergy remain in detention or disappeared. Falun Gong face some of the most intense and violent forms of persecution. Adherents are tortured and mistreated in detention and are pursued by an extralegal security force chartered to stamp out "evil cults." The Chinese government also continues to harass, detain, intimidate, and disbar attorneys who defend members of vulnerable religious groups."