Government and Community in China''''s Village Autonomy
村民自治中的政府与社会

A modern country with democratic constitution must have a dynamic pluralistic civil society that enjoys high autonomy. The practice of village economy in China in the last two decades was a process of mutually benefiting complementary activities between government and communities. A clear definition of the government administrative power (including its ways of functioning) at its most fundamental level and the autonomous rights of the village community is crucial to the settlement of the many problems existing in today's village autonomy and to the understanding of the government-community relations in modern China.