Adopted at the 5th Meeting of the Standing
Committee of the Ninth National People's Congress on November 4,
1998 and promulgated by Order No. 9 of the President of the
People's Republic of China on November 4, 1998
Article 1? This Law is enacted in accordance
with the Constitution with a view to ensuring self-government by
the villagers in the countryside, who will administer their own
affairs according to law, developing democracy at the grassroots
level in the countryside, and promoting the building of a socialist
countryside which is materially and ethically advanced.
Article 2? The villagers committee is the
primary mass organization of self-government, in which the
villagers manage their own affairs, educate themselves and serve
their own needs and in which election is conducted, decision
adopted, administration maintained and supervision exercised by
democratic means.
The villagers committee shall manage the public
affairs and public welfare undertakings of the village, mediate
disputes among the villagers, help maintain public order, and
convey the villagers' opinions and demands and make suggestions to
the people's government...
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