Organic Law of the Villagers Committees of the People's Republic of China (2010 Revision). Country/Territory China Document type Legislation Date 1998 (2018) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development Keyword Governance Institution Inspection Authorization/permit Dispute settlement Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, Eastern Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Abstract This Law has been formulated pursuant to the Constitution, aiming to ensure the self-government by villagers in the countryside so that they can administer their own affairs by law, develop grassroots democracy in the countryside, protect the legitimate rights and interests of villagers and facilitate the building of a socialist new countryside. The Law consist of 41 Articles divided into 6 Chapters: General Provisions; Composition and Duties of the Villagers' Committees; Election of the Villagers' Committees; Villagers' Assembly and Villagers' Representatives Assembly; Democratic Management and Democratic Supervision; Supplementary Provisions. Full text Chinese Website www.mca.gov.cn References - Legislation Implemented by Measures for Village-level Archives Management. Legislation | China | 2017 Keyword: Inspection, Data collection/reporting Source: FAO, FAOLEX Measures of Shandong province for the implementation of the Organic Law of Villagers' Committees. Legislation | China | 2000 (2012) Keyword: Governance, Institution, Inspection, Authorization/permit Source: FAO, FAOLEX Measures of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region for Implementing the Organic Law of the Villagers' Committee of the People's Republic of China. Legislation | China | 2000 (2011) Keyword: Governance, Institution, Inspection, Authorization/permit, Dispute settlement Source: FAO, FAOLEX Measures of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region for Implementing the Organic Law of the Villagers' Committee of the People's Republic of China. Legislation | China | 2001 (2013) Keyword: Governance, Institution, Inspection, Authorization/permit, Dispute settlement, Offences/penalties Source: FAO, FAOLEX Measures of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region for Implementing the Organic Law of the Villagers' Committee of the People's Republic of China. Legislation | China | 2001 (2015) Keyword: Governance, Institution, Inspection, Authorization/permit, Dispute settlement, Offences/penalties Source: FAO, FAOLEX Measures of the Tibet Autonomous Region for Implementing the Organic Law of the Villagers' Committee of the People's Republic of China. Legislation | China | 2012 Keyword: Governance, Institution, Inspection, Authorization/permit, Dispute settlement Source: FAO, FAOLEX Measures of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region for Implementing the Organic Law of the Villagers' Committee of the People's Republic of China. Legislation | China | 2000 Keyword: Governance, Institution, Inspection, Authorization/permit Source: FAO, FAOLEX