system of community-level self-governance

The system of community-level self-governance was established at the 17th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in 2007 as a system local government in the People's Republic of China. The Party Congress regarded upholding and improving the system of community-level self-governance as an important part of adhering to the "path of socialism with Chinese characteristics."{{Cite web |title=存档副本 |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2007-10/24/content_6938568.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130228185247/http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2007-10/24/content_6938568.htm |archive-date=2013-02-28 |accessdate=2010-06-27 |url-status=live}}

The system officially relies on community-level mass self-government organizations (such as villagers' committees{{cite news |title=第四条 （乡镇人民政府与村委会的关系） |url=http://www.npc.gov.cn/npc/c2161/200011/d2fe4810d7d84cc6b1061893b1e1d9f2.shtml |publisher=中國人大網}} and residents' committees){{cite news |title="居委会"六十年流变 |url=https://news.qq.com/zt2010/ghgcd004/index.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019230007/https://news.qq.com/zt2010/ghgcd004/index.htm |archive-date=2020-10-19 |accessdate=2020-07-31 |publisher=騰訊新聞 |url-status=live}} to enable residents in urban and rural areas to directly exercise relevant political rights and to self-manage, self-serve, self-educate, and self-supervise.{{Cite web |title=李学举部长在《求是》撰文谈我国基层群众自治制度 |url=http://zqs.mca.gov.cn/article/cmzz/zxxx/gzdt/200803/20080300012815.shtml |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080616035749/http://zqs.mca.gov.cn/article/cmzz/zxxx/gzdt/200803/20080300012815.shtml |archivedate=2008-06-16 |accessdate=2020-12-10 |publisher=中华人民共和国民政部 |url-status=dead}}

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