村民自治发端于20世纪80年代初期,普遍推行于20世纪90年代,成为具有中国特色的社会主义的农村基层民主制度和农村治理的一种有效方式,也是继家庭联产承包责任制后农民的又一伟大创举,是中国民主政治建设的基础性工程。它是农村社区的居民自己组织起来,以村民委员会作为依托,以《中华人民共和国村民组织法》作为依据,在基层人民政府的直接指导下,以 Villager self-government originated in the early 1980s and was generally introduced in the 1990s. It has become an effective way to establish socialist grassroots-level democracy and rural governance with Chinese characteristics. It is also an effective way for peasants to follow the household contract responsibility system Another great initiative is the foundation project for the construction of China’s democratic politics. It is the residents of rural communities to organize themselves to rely on the village committees as the basis of “Law of the People’s Republic of China Villagers Organization” as a basis, under the direct guidance of the grass-roots people’s government to