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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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Simplified | 居民委员会 |
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Traditional | 居民委員會 |
Also translated as | residents' association |
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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.[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]