村民委员会

村民委員會

cūnmínwěiyuánhuì

noun

Meanings

1 villagers' committee
2 village-level self-governance body

Characters

people (村民 = villager)

body (委员会 = committee)

Examples

村民委员会由村民直接选举产生。

Cūnmín wěiyuánhuì yóu cūnmín zhíjiē xuǎnjǔ chǎnshēng.

The villagers' committee is produced by direct election by the villagers.

土地纠纷先由村民委员会调解。

Tǔdì jiūfēn xiān yóu cūnmín wěiyuánhuì tiáojiě.

Land disputes are first mediated by the villagers' committee.

Tips

usage

The 村民委员会 (often abbreviated 村委会) is the lowest level of formal governance in rural China — technically a self-governance body, not a branch of the state. Its urban counterpart is 居民委员会 (residents' committee). Both derive their legal basis from the 1998 《村民委员会组织法》.

Stroke Order

村 cūn

民 mín

委 wěi

员 yuán

会 huì