Residents'_committee

Residents' committee

Residents' committee

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The residents' committee[1] (simplified Chinese: 居民委员会; traditional Chinese: 居民委員會; pinyin: jūmín wěiyuánhuì), shortened as juweihui or juwei in Chinese,[2] also translated as neighborhood committee,[3] residents' association,[4] residential committee,[5] is a grassroots mass autonomous organization[6] for self-management, self-education and self-service for residents in Mainland China.[7]

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A residents' committee in Weifang, Shandong, co-located with the Communist Party's neighbourhood committee, the service centre for party and mass, and the militia company

The status of a residents' committee is equivalent to that of a villagers' committee in the countryside, both of which do not belong to the state organs.[8]

On 23 October 1949, the representatives of the residents of Shangyangshi Street, Shangcheng District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, elected the first residents' committee of the People's Republic of China, the Shangyangshi Street Residents' Committee.[9]

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References

  1. Ho, W. (2015). Screening Post-1989 China: Critical Analysis of Chinese Film and Television. Palgrave Macmillan US. p. 65. ISBN 978-1-137-51470-7.
  2. Wright, T. (2019). Handbook of Protest and Resistance in China. Handbooks of research on contemporary China. Edward Elgar Publishing. p. 224. ISBN 978-1-78643-378-7.
  3. Carlson, A.; Gallagher, M.E.; Lieberthal, K.; Manion, M. (2010). Contemporary Chinese Politics: New Sources, Methods, and Field Strategies. Cambridge University Press. p. 242. ISBN 978-1-139-49042-9.
  4. Rae, A.; Wong, C. (2021). Applied Data Analysis for Urban Planning and Management. SAGE Publications. p. 89. ISBN 978-1-5297-3724-0.

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