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| Simplified Chinese | 乡级行政区 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 鄉級行政區 | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 乡 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 鄉 | ||||||
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Provinces Autonomous regions Municipalities Special administrative regions |
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Sub-provincial autonomous prefectures Sub-provincial cities Sub-provincial new areas |
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Prefectures Autonomous prefectures Prefecture-level cities Leagues |
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Sub-prefecture-level
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Counties Autonomous counties County-level cities City districts Banners Autonomous banners Forestry areas Special districts |
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Township level
Townships Ethnic townships Towns Subdistricts Sumus Ethnic sumus District public offices (abolishing) |
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Village Committees Neighborhood Committees |
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Townships (Chinese: 乡; pinyin: Xiāng) formally township level divisions (Chinese: 乡级行政区) is the basic level (fourth-level administrative units) of political divisions in China. They are similar to municipalities and communes in other countries and in turn may contain village committees and villages. In 1995 there were 29,502 townships and 17,532 towns (a total of 47,034 township-level divisions) in China.[1]
In the PRC's dual governance system, the township's governance is divided between the Communist Party Township Secretary, and the Mayor (乡长). A township official is the lowest-level ranked official in the CPC government hierarchy. The township has very few defined government responsibilities, except for the Birth Planning Commission (计划生育委员会).
A town (镇; pinyin: zhèn) is larger, often more populous, and less remote than a township.
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