Villagers' committee

Provinces Autonomous regions Sub-provincial autonomous prefectures Autonomous prefectures Leagues (Aimag) (abolishing) Prefectures Provincial-controlled cities Provincial-controlled counties Autonomous counties County-level cities DistrictsEthnic districts Banners (Hoxu)Autonomous banners Shennongjia Forestry District Liuzhi Special District Wolong Special Administrative Region Workers and peasants districts Ethnic townships Towns Subdistricts Subdistrict bureaux Sum Ethnic sum County-controlled districts County-controlled district bureaux (obsolete) Management committees Town-level city Areas Villages · Gaqa · Ranches Village Committees Communities Capital cities New areas Autonomous administrative divisions National central cities History: before 1912, 1912–49, 1949–present The villagers' committee[1] (simplified Chinese: 村民委员会; traditional Chinese: 村民委員會; pinyin: cūnmín wěiyuánhuì), shortened as cunweihui in Chinese,[2] also translated as village committee,[3] is a grassroots mass autonomous organization[4] for self-management, self-education and self-service for villagers in the People's Republic of China.

[6] It is based on the Organic Law of Village Committees of the People's Republic of China.

The villagers' committee was previously known as the production brigade,[7] and was an important part of the system of people's commune.

[10] The status of a villagers' committee is equivalent to that of a residents' committee in cities, both of which do not belong to the state organs.

[11] In February 1980, the first villagers' committee in mainland China was formed in Hezhai Village, Sancha Commune, Yishan County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.