A production team () was formerly the basic accounting and farm production unit in the

people's commune The people's commune ( zh, c=, p=rénmín gōngshè) was the highest of three administrative levels in rural areas of the People's Republic of China during the period from 1958 to 1983, until they were replaced by Townships of the People's Rep ...

system in

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from 1958 to 1984. In the administrative hierarchy, the team was the lowest level, the next higher levels being the production brigade and

. Typically the team owned most of the land and was responsible for

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. Since 1984 production teams have been replaced by . In late 1960, the unit of accounting through which labor and income were allocated was devolved from the people's commune to the production brigade. In many cases, these brigades corresponded to the high level agricultural producers' cooperatives that had preceded the people's communes. In 1962, the unit of account was further devolved to the production team, which remained the unit of account until agricultural was totally decollectivized between 1979 and 1982.

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Economic history of the People's Republic of China {{Gov-stub

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