The residents' committee (), shortened as ''juweihui'' or ''juwei'' in Chinese, also translated as neighborhood committee,
residents' association, residential committee, is a grassroots mass autonomous organization for self-management, self-education and self-service for residents in the
People's Republic of China
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.
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.
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
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...
, the Shangyangshi Street Residents' Committee.
See also
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Villagers' committee
References
Self-governance
Political organizations
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