Law of the People's Republic of China on the Organization of Urban Residents' Committees (Revised in 2025)
Law of the People's Republic of China on the Organization of Urban Residents' Committees (Revised in 2025)
Law of the People's Republic of China on the Organization of Urban Residents' Committees (Revised in 2025)
Order of the President of the People's Republic of China No. 60
October 28, 2025
The Law of the People's Republic of China on the Organization of Urban Residents' Committees, which was adopted at the 18th Session of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China on October 28, 2025, is hereby promulgated and shall come into force as of January 1, 2026.
Xi Jinping, President of the People's Republic of China
Law of the People's Republic of China on the Organization of Urban Residents' Committees (Revised in 2025)
(Adopted at the 11th Session of the Standing Committee of the 7th National People's Congress on December 26, 1989, amended according to the Decision of the 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, and revised at the 18th Session of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress on October 28, 2025)
Contents
Chapter I General Provisions
Chapter II Composition and Responsibilities of Residents' Committees
Chapter III Elections of Residents' Committees
Chapter IV Residents' Assembly and Resident Representatives' Assembly
Chapter V Democratic Management and Democratic Supervision
Chapter VI Assurance of the Work of Residents' Committees
Chapter VII Supplementary Provisions
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1 The Law of the People's Republic of China on the Organization of Urban Residents' Committees (Revised in 2025) (hereinafter referred to as the "Law") is formulated in accordance with the Constitution in order to improve the system of grassroots self-governance, enable urban residents to manage their own affairs in accordance with the law, develop grassroots democracy, safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of residents, and advance the modernization of the grassroots governance system and governance capabilities.
Article 2 A residents' committee is a grassroots self-governing organization through which residents practice self-management, self-service, self-education, and self-supervision, and which employs democratic elections, democratic consultation, democratic decision-making, democratic management, and democratic supervision.
A residents' committee shall answer to the residents' assembly and the resident representatives' assembly and shall report on its work to them.
Article 3 A residents' committee shall be established on the basis of the distribution of residents and in accordance with the principles of facilitating self-governance by residents and benefiting grassroots governance. It shall generally be established for an area encompassing 1,000 to 3,000 households, and may also be established within an appropriate scope based on actual needs. The area in which a residents' committee is established is called a community.
The establishment, dissolution, or adjustment in the size of a residents' committee shall be proposed by a sub-district office and submitted to the people's government of a city not divided into districts or a municipal district for approval.
Article 4 In their work, residents' committees shall adhere to the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC), uphold and develop full-process people's democracy, and integrate self-governance, the rule of law, and the rule of virtue.
The grassroots organization of the CPC in a community shall operate in accordance with the Constitution of the CPC, provide leadership to and support the residents' committee in exercising its functions and powers, and, pursuant to the Constitution and laws, support and ensure that residents carry out self-governance activities and directly exercise their democratic rights.
Article 5 The central and local departments responsible for guiding and supervising grassroots self-governance shall perform their duties with respect to its urban implementation.
Article 6 The people's governments of cities not divided into districts and municipal districts, and the sub-district offices, shall provide guidance, support, and assistance to the work of residents' committees. A residents' committee shall assist the people's government of a city not divided into districts or a municipal district, or a sub-district office, in carrying out their work.
Article 7 Organizations and individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the work relating to residents' self-governance shall be commended and rewarded in accordance with the relevant state regulations.
Chapter II Composition and Responsibilities of Residents' Committees
Article 8 A residents' committee shall be composed of five to nine members, including a director, deputy director(s), and members.
There shall be female members on the residents' committee. Members of the residents' committee shall be subject to a recusal system for close relatives.
The directorship of the residents' committee may, through statutory procedures, be assumed by the head of the community Party organization. Members of the residents' committee and members of the leading body of the community Party organization may serve in concurrent positions.
Article 9 A residents' committee may establish subcommittees as needed, such as for people's mediation, public security, public health, environmental and property management, and work relating to the elderly, women, and children.
Members of the residents' committee may serve concurrently as members of the subcommittees. A residents' committee with a relatively small number of residents may not establish subcommittees, and the work shall be divided among the members of the residents' committee.
Article 10 A residents' committee shall perform the following duties:
(1) Publicize the Constitution, laws, and regulations; disseminate the policies of the Party and the State; support and promote residents' fulfillment of their legal obligations; and protect the legitimate rights and interests of residents;
(2) Support and guide residents in practicing the core socialist values, forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation, and advocating sound social customs and a civilized, healthy, green, and environmentally friendly lifestyle;
(3) Handle public affairs and public welfare matters for the community, carry out community services that facilitate and benefit residents, and show care and concern for the elderly, children, persons with disabilities, and residents in difficulty;
(4) Mediate civil disputes to promote family harmony, neighborhood harmony, and community tranquility;
(5) Assist in maintaining public security, organize residents to participate in community crime prevention and control, assist in handling petitions and coordinating and resolving conflicts and disputes, assist in conducting community correction work and in the rehabilitation and education of persons released after serving their sentences, and assist in responding to emergencies;
(6) Support and guide social organizations, social workers, volunteers, and other social forces to participate in community governance and provide community services;
(7) Guide and assist in the establishment of homeowners' meetings and the election of homeowners' committees, assist in guiding and supervising the said bodies in performing their duties in accordance with the law, and assist in mediating property disputes;
(8) Assist the people's government or sub-district office in conducting other work relating to residents' interests; and
(9) Report residents' opinions, demands, and suggestions to the people's government or sub-district office.
In a multi-ethnic residential area, the residents' committee shall support and guide residents to enhance unity, mutual respect, and mutual assistance.
Article 11 A residents' committee and its members shall abide by the Constitution, laws, regulations, and the policies of the Party and the State.
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Order of the President of the People's Republic of China No. 60
October 28, 2025
The Law of the People's Republic of China on the Organization of Urban Residents' Committees, which was adopted at the 18th Session of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China on October 28, 2025, is hereby promulgated and shall come into force as of January 1, 2026.
Xi Jinping, President of the People's Republic of China
Law of the People's Republic of China on the Organization of Urban Residents' Committees (Revised in 2025)
(Adopted at the 11th Session of the Standing Committee of the 7th National People's Congress on December 26, 1989, amended according to the Decision of the 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, and revised at the 18th Session of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress on October 28, 2025)
Contents
Chapter I General Provisions
Chapter II Composition and Responsibilities of Residents' Committees
Chapter III Elections of Residents' Committees
Chapter IV Residents' Assembly and Resident Representatives' Assembly
Chapter V Democratic Management and Democratic Supervision
Chapter VI Assurance of the Work of Residents' Committees
Chapter VII Supplementary Provisions
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1 The Law of the People's Republic of China on the Organization of Urban Residents' Committees (Revised in 2025) (hereinafter referred to as the "Law") is formulated in accordance with the Constitution in order to improve the system of grassroots self-governance, enable urban residents to manage their own affairs in accordance with the law, develop grassroots democracy, safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of residents, and advance the modernization of the grassroots governance system and governance capabilities.
Article 2 A residents' committee is a grassroots self-governing organization through which residents practice self-management, self-service, self-education, and self-supervision, and which employs democratic elections, democratic consultation, democratic decision-making, democratic management, and democratic supervision.
A residents' committee shall answer to the residents' assembly and the resident representatives' assembly and shall report on its work to them.
Article 3 A residents' committee shall be established on the basis of the distribution of residents and in accordance with the principles of facilitating self-governance by residents and benefiting grassroots governance. It shall generally be established for an area encompassing 1,000 to 3,000 households, and may also be established within an appropriate scope based on actual needs. The area in which a residents' committee is established is called a community.
The establishment, dissolution, or adjustment in the size of a residents' committee shall be proposed by a sub-district office and submitted to the people's government of a city not divided into districts or a municipal district for approval.
Article 4 In their work, residents' committees shall adhere to the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC), uphold and develop full-process people's democracy, and integrate self-governance, the rule of law, and the rule of virtue.
The grassroots organization of the CPC in a community shall operate in accordance with the Constitution of the CPC, provide leadership to and support the residents' committee in exercising its functions and powers, and, pursuant to the Constitution and laws, support and ensure that residents carry out self-governance activities and directly exercise their democratic rights.
Article 5 The central and local departments responsible for guiding and supervising grassroots self-governance shall perform their duties with respect to its urban implementation.
Article 6 The people's governments of cities not divided into districts and municipal districts, and the sub-district offices, shall provide guidance, support, and assistance to the work of residents' committees. A residents' committee shall assist the people's government of a city not divided into districts or a municipal district, or a sub-district office, in carrying out their work.
Article 7 Organizations and individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the work relating to residents' self-governance shall be commended and rewarded in accordance with the relevant state regulations.
Chapter II Composition and Responsibilities of Residents' Committees
Article 8 A residents' committee shall be composed of five to nine members, including a director, deputy director(s), and members.
There shall be female members on the residents' committee. Members of the residents' committee shall be subject to a recusal system for close relatives.
The directorship of the residents' committee may, through statutory procedures, be assumed by the head of the community Party organization. Members of the residents' committee and members of the leading body of the community Party organization may serve in concurrent positions.
Article 9 A residents' committee may establish subcommittees as needed, such as for people's mediation, public security, public health, environmental and property management, and work relating to the elderly, women, and children.
Members of the residents' committee may serve concurrently as members of the subcommittees. A residents' committee with a relatively small number of residents may not establish subcommittees, and the work shall be divided among the members of the residents' committee.
Article 10 A residents' committee shall perform the following duties:
(1) Publicize the Constitution, laws, and regulations; disseminate the policies of the Party and the State; support and promote residents' fulfillment of their legal obligations; and protect the legitimate rights and interests of residents;
(2) Support and guide residents in practicing the core socialist values, forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation, and advocating sound social customs and a civilized, healthy, green, and environmentally friendly lifestyle;
(3) Handle public affairs and public welfare matters for the community, carry out community services that facilitate and benefit residents, and show care and concern for the elderly, children, persons with disabilities, and residents in difficulty;
(4) Mediate civil disputes to promote family harmony, neighborhood harmony, and community tranquility;
(5) Assist in maintaining public security, organize residents to participate in community crime prevention and control, assist in handling petitions and coordinating and resolving conflicts and disputes, assist in conducting community correction work and in the rehabilitation and education of persons released after serving their sentences, and assist in responding to emergencies;
(6) Support and guide social organizations, social workers, volunteers, and other social forces to participate in community governance and provide community services;
(7) Guide and assist in the establishment of homeowners' meetings and the election of homeowners' committees, assist in guiding and supervising the said bodies in performing their duties in accordance with the law, and assist in mediating property disputes;
(8) Assist the people's government or sub-district office in conducting other work relating to residents' interests; and
(9) Report residents' opinions, demands, and suggestions to the people's government or sub-district office.
In a multi-ethnic residential area, the residents' committee shall support and guide residents to enhance unity, mutual respect, and mutual assistance.
Article 11 A residents' committee and its members shall abide by the Constitution, laws, regulations, and the policies of the Party and the State.
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