Law of the People's Republic of China on the Organization of Urban Residents' Committees (Amended in 2018)
Law of the People's Republic of China on the Organization of Urban Residents' Committees (Amended in 2018)
Law of the People's Republic of China on the Organization of Urban Residents' Committees (Amended in 2018)
Order of the President of the People's Republic of China No. 21
December 29, 2018
(Adopted at the 11th session of the Standing Committee of the 7th National People's Congress on December 26, 1989, and amended according to the Decision of Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Revising the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Organization of Villagers' Committees and the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Organization of Urban Residents' Committees adopted at the Seventh Session of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress on December 29, 2018)
Article 1 Pursuant to the Constitution, this Law is formulated with a view to improving the urban residents' committees as an institution, enabling urban residents to administer their own affairs in accordance with the law, promoting socialist democracy at the grassroots level in the cities, and furthering socialist material development and the building of an advanced socialist culture and ideology in urban areas.
Article 2 An urban residents' committee shall be a mass organization for self-government at the grassroots level, in which the residents manage their own affairs, educate themselves, and serve their own needs.
The people's government of a city not divided into districts or of a municipal district or an agency of such a people's government shall provide guidance, support and help for the residents' committees in their work. The residents' committees shall, on their part, assist the above people's government or agency in its work.
Article 3 The tasks of a residents' committee shall include:
1. publicizing the Constitution, the laws, the regulations and the state policies, safeguarding the lawful rights and interests of the residents, educating the residents for the fulfillment of their statutory obligations and for the protection of public property, and conducting various forms of activities for the development of an advanced socialist culture and ideology;
2. handling the public affairs and public welfare services of the residents in the local residential area;
3. mediating disputes among the residents;
4. assisting in the maintenance of public security;
5. assisting the local people's government or its agency in its work related to the interests of the residents, such as public health, family planning, special care for disabled servicemen and for family members of revolutionary martyrs and servicemen, social relief, and juvenile education; and
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Order of the President of the People's Republic of China No. 21
December 29, 2018
(Adopted at the 11th session of the Standing Committee of the 7th National People's Congress on December 26, 1989, and amended according to the Decision of Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Revising the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Organization of Villagers' Committees and the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Organization of Urban Residents' Committees adopted at the Seventh Session of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress on December 29, 2018)
Article 1 Pursuant to the Constitution, this Law is formulated with a view to improving the urban residents' committees as an institution, enabling urban residents to administer their own affairs in accordance with the law, promoting socialist democracy at the grassroots level in the cities, and furthering socialist material development and the building of an advanced socialist culture and ideology in urban areas.
Article 2 An urban residents' committee shall be a mass organization for self-government at the grassroots level, in which the residents manage their own affairs, educate themselves, and serve their own needs.
The people's government of a city not divided into districts or of a municipal district or an agency of such a people's government shall provide guidance, support and help for the residents' committees in their work. The residents' committees shall, on their part, assist the above people's government or agency in its work.
Article 3 The tasks of a residents' committee shall include:
1. publicizing the Constitution, the laws, the regulations and the state policies, safeguarding the lawful rights and interests of the residents, educating the residents for the fulfillment of their statutory obligations and for the protection of public property, and conducting various forms of activities for the development of an advanced socialist culture and ideology;
2. handling the public affairs and public welfare services of the residents in the local residential area;
3. mediating disputes among the residents;
4. assisting in the maintenance of public security;
5. assisting the local people's government or its agency in its work related to the interests of the residents, such as public health, family planning, special care for disabled servicemen and for family members of revolutionary martyrs and servicemen, social relief, and juvenile education; and
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