According to Article 3 of the Organic Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) Urban Residents' Committees, the tasks of the residents' committees are as follows:

(a) to publicize the Constitution, laws, regulations and national policies, safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of residents, educate residents to perform their obligations according to law, take good care of public property, and carry out various forms of socialist spiritual civilization construction activities; ?

(two) to handle the public affairs of residents in this residential area; ?

(3) Mediation of civil disputes; ?

(4) Assisting in maintaining public order; ?

(five) to assist the people's government or its agencies to do a good job in public health, family planning, special care and relief, youth education and other work related to the interests of residents; ?

(six) to reflect the opinions, demands and suggestions of residents to the people's government or its agencies.

Extended information Article 13 of the Organic Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) City residents' committees shall set up people's mediation committees, public security committees and health committees as needed. Members of residents' committees may concurrently serve as members of subordinate committees. A residents' committee with a small number of residents may not set up a subordinate committee, and the members of the residents' committee shall be responsible for the relevant work.

Fourteenth residents' committees may set up a number of residents' groups, and the leaders shall be elected by the residents' groups.

Article 15 The residents' convention shall be discussed and formulated by the residents' meeting, and submitted to the people's government of a city not divided into districts or a municipal district or its dispatched office for the record, and supervised by the residents' committee. Residents shall abide by the resolutions of the residents' meeting and the residents' convention. The contents of the residents' convention shall not conflict with the Constitution, laws, regulations and national policies.

Article 16 The expenses required by residents' committees to handle public welfare undertakings in their residential areas may be raised from residents on a voluntary basis, or from the beneficiary units in their residential areas through discussion and decision by residents' meetings, but they must be approved by the beneficiary units; Income and expenditure accounts shall be published in a timely manner and subject to the supervision of residents.