Villages (Chinese: 村; pinyin: Cūn), formally village-level divisions (村级行政区; Cūn Jí Xíngzhèngqū) in China, serve as a fundamental organizational unit for its rural population (census, mail system). Basic local divisions like neighborhoods and communities are not informal, but have defined boundaries and designated heads (one per area). In 2000, China's densely populated villages (>100 persons/square km) had a population greater than 500 million and covered more than 2 million square kilometers, or more than 20% of China's total area.[1] By 2020, all incorporated villages (with proper conditions making it possible) had road access, the last village to be connected being a remote village in Sichuan province's Butuo County.[2]
Urban village (Chinese: 城中村; pinyin: chéngzhōngcūn) one that spontaneously and naturally exists within urban area, which is not an administrative division.
Rural
Administrative village or Village (Chinese: 行政村 or 村; pinyin: xíngzhèngcūn or cūn)
Natural village (Chinese: 自然村; pinyin: zìráncūn) one that spontaneously and naturally exists within rural area, which is not an administrative division.
Urban-type settlement, a similar concept used in the Soviet Union and present day Russia
References
^Ellis 2004.
^"Paved road links China's "last village" with outside world - Xinhua | English.news.cn". Archived from the original on July 5, 2020.
Bibliography
Ellis, E.C. (2004). DeFries, R. S.; Asner, G. P.; Houghton, R. A. (eds.). "Long-term ecological changes in the densely populated rural landscapes of China" (PDF). Geophysical Monographs. Ecosystems and Land Use Change. 153. Washington, D.C.: American Geophysical Union: 303–320. Bibcode:2004GMS...153..303E. doi:10.1029/153GM23. ISBN 0-87590-418-1.
Joseph Esherick; Mary Backus Rankin; Joint Committee on Chinese Studies (U.S.) (1990). Chinese Local Elites and Patterns of Dominance. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-06763-9.
Roxann Prazniak (1 January 1999). Of Camel Kings and Other Things: Rural Rebels Against Modernity in Late Imperial China. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-8476-9007-7.
External links
Chinese Village Government Information Network
Two Chinese Villages, Two Views of Rural Poverty
Long-term changes in China's village landscapes are changing the world