At about 14:00 on February 18, 2013 (the ninth day of the first lunar month), the first meeting of the 5th Believers’ Congress of Meizhou Mazu Temple was held grandly in the conference room on the third floor of Antai Hotel on Meizhou Island held. The meeting was attended by 166 representatives of all believers, 106 representatives from the Meizhou Island Administrative Committee, Meizhou Town, village secretaries, village chiefs and heads of agencies stationed on the island, as well as leaders of the Municipal Civil Affairs Bureau, news media, etc. Sitting on the rostrum are: Mr. Lin Guoliang, executive vice president of the Chinese Mazu Cultural Exchange Association, Mr. Lin Jinbang, chairman of the board of directors of Meizhou Mazu Temple, Mr. Zhang Yuanzhen, deputy director of the Civil Affairs Bureau, members of the Meizhou Island Party Working Committee and the Organization Department Mr. Pan Lin, Minister, Mr. Zhao Liucheng, Chairman of Shanghai Yucheng Tianci Jewelry Co., Ltd., Ms. Lin Congzhi, Honorary Chairman of the Board of Directors of Meizhou Mazu Temple, Mr. Pan Yawen, Chairman of Beijing Zhongao Real Estate Co., Ltd., Mr. Cai Fuxiong, Vice Chairman of Chaotian Temple, Beigang, Beijing, Mr. Pan Dongquan, President of the Meizhou Island Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Chen Fan, Chairman of the Putian Domestic Boutique Mall, Mr. Lin Jianyu, Deputy Director of the Xiuyu District Public Security Bureau, Mr. Ren Jinduan, Chief of the Societies Section of the Putian Civil Affairs Bureau, Mr. Zeng Liqiang, Secretary of the Party Committee of Meizhou Town, Meizhou Mr. Zheng Jianwei, deputy secretary of the town party committee and mayor, Mr. Yang Liangrong, chairman of the Meizhou Town People’s Congress, as well as celebrities from all walks of life in Putian City, Mr. Zhu Hepu (former director of the Culture and History Committee of the CPPCC), Mr. Xu Peiyuan (former deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the Municipal Party Committee), Mr. Liu Fuzhu (Professor of Putian University), Mr. Lin Chengbin (Deputy Director of Putian Intangible Cultural Heritage Center), Mr. Lin Hongguo (Putian Folklore Expert), Mr. Lin Defu (Dean of Meizhou Mazu Painting and Calligraphy Academy), etc.
The meeting opened with the solemn and powerful "National Anthem of the People's Republic of China - March of the Volunteers".
The meeting was chaired by Lin Jinzan, vice chairman of the 4th Meizhou Mazu Temple Board of Directors and director of the Meizhou Mazu Temple Scenic Area Management Office. The meeting *** has six procedures, which are:
1. Member of the Meizhou Island Party Working Committee and Director of the Organization Department read out the "About the Candidates for the Fifth Board of Directors and Supervisory Board of Meizhou Mazu Temple"
2. Zhang Yuanzhen, deputy director of the Putian Civil Affairs Bureau, read out the "Reply of the Putian Civil Affairs Bureau on the re-election of social groups";
3. Zhuang Meihua, deputy leader of the preparatory team, made a speech "Report on the Preparatory Work for the First Meeting of the Fifth Believers’ Congress of the Meizhou Mazu Temple";
4. Listen to and review the "Work Report of the Board of Directors" made by Lin Jinbang, Chairman of the Fourth Board of Directors;
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Vote to adopt the "Meizhou Mazu Temple Board of Directors Charter";
6. Elect the members of the fifth board of directors and supervisory board.
According to the provisions of the "Meizhou Mazu Temple Board of Directors Charter", after the first meeting of the Meizhou Mazu Temple's fifth believers' representative meeting, it was agreed that Lin Jinbang, Pan Jianping, Lin Jinzan, Zhuang Meihua, Wu Guochun , Zhu Guorong, Zhou Jinyan, Tang Guoqing, Jin Wensheng, Chen Jinsen, Tang Jinchi, Zhu Jinchi, Gao Jinqing, Lin Yumei, Wang Bida, Du Jianxian, Li Shaoxia, Cai Dongju, Zeng Yusuo, Zhou Yaqing, Zhuang Qinggui and other 21 comrades are the fifth board of directors of Meizhou Mazu Temple The directors agreed that six comrades including Huang Wenfu, Shi Jinchun, Huang Ruiquan, Zhang Deshui, Zeng Jinchun and Fang Wenying should be appointed as supervisors of the fifth board of supervisors of Meizhou Mazu Temple.