Township (China)
 | You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Chinese. (March 2023) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
| formally Township-level divisions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese name | |||||
Mongolian Cyrillic | шиян | ||||
| Mongolian script | ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠩ | ||||
| |||||
| Uyghur name | |||||
| Uyghur | يېزا | ||||
| |||||
| Manchu name | |||||
| Manchu script | ᡤᠠᡧᠠᠨ | ||||
| Möllendorff | gašan | ||||
| Kazakh name | |||||
| Kazakh | اۋىل ауыл auyl | ||||
| Kyrgyz name | |||||
| Kyrgyz | ايىل айыл ajyl | ||||
| Administrative divisions of China |
|---|
|
History: before 1912, 1912–49, 1949–present Administrative division codes |
Townships (乡), formally township-level divisions (乡级行政区), are the basic level (fourth-level administrative units) of
held by the Republic of China and claimed by the PRC.[1]
Much like other levels of government in mainland China, the township's governance is divided between the Communist Party Township Secretary, and the "
county magistrate
" (Chinese: 乡长; pinyin: xiāngzhǎng). The township party secretary, along with the township's party committee, determines policy. The magistrate is in charge of administering the daily affairs of government and executing policies as determined by the party committee. A township official is the lowest-level ranked official in the civil service hierarchy; in practice, however, the township party secretary and magistrate can amass high levels of personal power.
A township government is formally responsible for local economic development, planning, maintenance of local roads, family planning, sanitation & health, sports, and "other responsibilities as determined by higher level governments".better source needed]
Types of townships
Urban
- Subdistricts (Chinese: 街道; pinyin: jiēdào)
- Towns (Chinese: 镇; pinyin: zhèn)
Rural
- Townships (Chinese: 乡; pinyin: xiāng)
- Sums of Inner Mongolia
- Ethnic townships, towns, and sums
History
After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, there was a lack of uniform regulations for establishing towns, and there were too many towns formed. By the end of 1954, there were 5,400 towns throughout the country, including 920 with a population of less than 2,000, 2,302 with a population of 2,000-5,000, 1,373 with a population of 5,000-10,000, 784 with a population of 10,000-50,000, and 21 with a population over 50,000. In June 1955, the
State Council issued the "Decision on the Establishment of Cities and Towns", which clarified the criteria for the establishment of towns. By the end of 1978, there were only 2,173 townships in the country. After the abolition of the people's commune system
, the establishment of townships was given importance.
On 29 November 1984, the State Council announced new standards for the establishment of townships.
- All local state organs at the county level should be set up as townships.
- Townships with a total population of less than 20,000 and a non-agricultural population of more than 2,000 in the seat of the township government may be established.
- For communes with a total population of more than 20,000, towns may be established if the non-agricultural population of the commune's governmental seat accounts for more than 10% of the commune's population.
- Ethnic minority areas, sparsely populated remote areas, mountainous areas and small industrial and mining areas, small ports, scenic tourist areas, border crossings, etc., although the non-agricultural population of less than 2,000, if necessary, can also set up towns.
List of township-level divisions
| China administrative divisions lists |
|---|
- Provinces
- List of township-level divisions of Anhui
- List of township-level divisions of Fujian
- List of township-level divisions of Gansu
- List of township-level divisions of Guangdong
- List of township-level divisions of Guizhou
- List of township-level divisions of Hainan
- List of township-level divisions of Hebei
- List of township-level divisions of Heilongjiang
- List of township-level divisions of Henan
- List of township-level divisions of Hubei
- List of township-level divisions of Hunan
- List of township-level divisions of Jiangsu
- List of township-level divisions of Jiangxi
- List of township-level divisions of Jilin
- List of township-level divisions of Liaoning
- List of township-level divisions of Qinghai
- List of township-level divisions of Shaanxi
- List of township-level divisions of Shandong
- List of township-level divisions of Shanxi
- List of township-level divisions of Sichuan
- List of township-level divisions of Yunnan
- List of township-level divisions of Zhejiang
- Autonomous areas
- List of township-level divisions of Guangxi
- List of township-level divisions of Inner Mongolia
- List of township-level divisions of Ningxia
- List of township-level divisions of the Tibet Autonomous Region
- List of township-level divisions of Xinjiang
- Municipalities
- List of township-level divisions of Beijing
- List of township-level divisions of Chongqing
- List of township-level divisions of Shanghai
- List of township-level divisions of Tianjin
Similar to township units
A similar to township unit in the
national parks, etc., even prisons
.
The township-level administrative division (the lowest level division) includes townships,
county-level administrative districts that govern towns and villages will also be defined as a similar to township unit, as in the case of the Jiaozishan Tourism Development Zone and Industrial Park of Kunming
.
References
- ^ Yawei, Liu. "China's Township People's Congress Elections: An Introduction" (PDF). United Nations. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
- ^ 乡政府职能和职责. Baidu Wenku.
- ^ "统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码编制规则". www.stats.gov.cn. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
External links
| Provinces |  | |
|---|---|---|
| Autonomous regions | ||
Municipalities | ||
| ||