The China Anti-Cult Association (CACA) used its annual meeting in Beijing yesterday to pledge further efforts to combat cults.

Vice-President Xu Shanyan of the China Association for Science and Technology said at the meeting the association, a non-government organization, should fully recognize the protracted and complex nature of the fight against cults.

The organization should unite people from all walks of life in promoting scientific and humane principles and fighting superstition, pseudo science and other ignorant ideas, Xu said.

He also urged efforts to educate people to understand the nature of cults.

CACA, a non-profit group, is composed of volunteers from scientific, legal, religious and media circles.

(Xinhua News Agency December 26, 2002)