people's congresses at their level and the decisions and orders of state administrative organs at the next level
up; they shall manage the administrative work of their respective administrative areas.
The people's governments of provinces and cities directly under central government jurisdiction shall decide
on the establishment of townships, ethnic townships and towns and their geographic division.
Article 108 Local people's governments at and above the county level shall direct the work of their
subordinate departments and of the people's governments at the next level down and shall have the power
to change or revoke inappropriate decisions made by their subordinate departments and the people's
governments at the next level down.
Article 109 Local people's governments at and above the county level shall establish audit offices. Local
audit offices at all levels shall, in accordance with the provisions of law, independently exercise the power to
conduct auditing oversight; they shall be responsible to the people's government at their level and to the
audit office at the next level up.
Article 110 Local people's governments at all levels shall be responsible to the people's congresses at their
levels and shall report to them on their work. Local people's governments at and above the county level
shall, when the people's congresses at their level are out of session, be responsible to the standing
committees of the people's congresses at their level and shall report to them on their work.
Local people's governments at all levels shall be responsible to state administrative organs at the next level
up and shall report to them on their work. Local people's governments at all levels nationwide are state
administrative organs under the unified leadership of the State Council; they shall all be subordinate to the
State Council.
Article 111 Residents committees and villagers committees, established among urban and rural residents on
the basis of their place of residence, are primary-level people's organizations for self-governance. Residents
committee and villagers committee chairpersons, vice chairpersons and members shall be elected by
residents. The relations between residents committees and villagers committees and primary-level state
bodies shall be prescribed by law.
Residents committees and villagers committees shall establish people's mediation, public security, public
health and other subcommittees to handle public affairs and public services in the residential areas to which
they belong, mediate civil disputes and help maintain public order; they shall convey residents' opinions and
demands and make proposals to the people's government.
Section 6 Autonomous Organs of Ethnic Autonomous Areas
Article 112 The autonomous organs of ethnic autonomous areas are the people's congresses and the
people's governments of autonomous regions, autonomous prefectures and autonomous counties.
Article 113 In the people's congresses of autonomous regions, autonomous prefectures and autonomous
counties, aside from deputies of the ethnic group that exercises regional autonomy, other ethnic groups
resident in that administrative area should also have an appropriate number of deputies.
On the standing committees of people's congresses of autonomous regions, autonomous prefectures and
autonomous counties, there should be citizens of the ethnic group that exercises regional autonomy in office
as chairperson or vice chairperson.
Article 114 The offices of governor of an autonomous region, prefect of an autonomous prefecture and head
of an autonomous county shall be filled by a citizen belonging to the ethnic group that exercises regional
autonomy there.
Article 115 The autonomous organs of autonomous regions, autonomous prefectures and autonomous
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