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Chinese religious authority against listing temples on stock market*(June 6, 2012, Xinhua)China's State Administration for Religious Affairs is against plans to list temples on the stock markets by some local governments, a top official said Tuesday. Listing the temples on the stock exchanges harms the legal rights and damages the image of the religious community. It also harms the feelings of the believers, said Liu Wei, a deputy department director of the administration. Temples are the sites for believers to carry out religious activities and are non-profit organizations. There is no precedent in the world to list the temples on the stock market, Liu said at a meeting in Shanghai. Developing the economy should have its limits and should not cross the moral lines, he said.