[6] The Buddhist Association of China was founded on 30 May 1953,[7] and was disbanded in the late 1960s during the Cultural Revolution, then reactivated following the end of that period.

[7] In 1980, the CCP Central Committee approved a request by the United Front Work Department to create a national conference for religious groups.

[8]: 127 In 1994, Zhao Puchu tried to limit the practice of businesses and municipalities building outlandishly large mountaintop and cliffside Buddha statues.

[13] In 2018, the BCA's parent organization, the State Administration for Religious Affairs, was absorbed into the CCP's United Front Work Department.

[1] In August 2018 Xuecheng resigned as president of the Buddhist Association of China following reports of sexual harassment by six female monks.