The villagers' committee (), shortened as ''cunweihui'' in Chinese, also translated as village committee, is a grassroots mass autonomous organization for self-management, self-education and self-service for villagers in the

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. It adopts

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s, democratic

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, democratic management and democratic supervision. 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

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, and was an important part of the system of

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. A villagers' committee shall be responsible and reports to the Villagers' Assembly or the Assembly of Villagers' Representatives. And the committee is composed of 3 to 7 members, including a director, vice-director and members. The status of a villagers' committee is equivalent to that of a

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, both of which do not belong to the state organs. In February 1980, the first villagers' committee in mainland China was formed in Hezhai Village, Sancha Commune, Yishan County,

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