CHENGDU -- A senior Communist Party of China (CPC) official has stressed strengthening the law-based approach in the governance of religious affairs and guiding Tibetan Buddhism to adapt to a socialist society.

Li Ganjie, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and head of the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee, made the remarks during a research tour in the western provinces of Gansu and Sichuan from Saturday to Wednesday.

The trip took Li to Tibetan Buddhist monasteries, where he learned about their law-based standardized management. He also visited a Buddhist college in Gansu and the Center for Tibetan Studies of Sichuan University to investigate religious education systems, the training of Buddhist monks, and Tibetology research.

Talking to people of different ethnic groups, Li emphasized the need to uphold the Party's leadership over religious work, develop religions in the Chinese context, and strengthen and improve the management of monasteries.

He also highlighted the importance of enhancing the education, training, and management of representative figures in Tibetan Buddhism, and guiding religious figures to resolutely safeguard national reunification and ethnic unity.

Efforts should also be made to run religious institutions well, establish and effectively utilize Tibetology research institutions, advance research on Tibetan Buddhism, and continuously improve the capabilities of officials engaged in religious work, Li said.