Many of the underground churches in the city of Wenzhou, in the eastern province of Zhejiang, were private homes where Christians unwilling to worship in conventional churches gathered for services, the report said.
Nearly 240 smaller places of worship in Wenzhou, many of them linked to the underground Roman Catholic Church, have been forced to close.
Frank Lu, director of the Hong Kong-based Information Center for Human Rights and Democratic Movement in China, said the latest campaign against religion in Wenzhou began in August and has intensified in recent weeks.
The places of worship closed and demolished were reported to include Buddhist and Taoist temples, as well as Catholic and Protestant churches.
Joseph Kung, head of the American-based Cardinal Kung Foundation, which monitors the underground Catholic Church in China, said: "In the past week, I have received several reports from China that bishops and priests have been detained by police, and I am now trying to authenticate them. All these important feast days, like Christmas and Easter, they always crack down."
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