Chapter V. City and Country District Party Organs
Article 20. The District Council of Party Delegates: In the sphere of the city or country districts the supreme Party Organs are the Party Members' Mass Meeting and the District Councils of Party Delegates. The Party Members' Mass Meeting and the Councils of Party Delegates shall receive and approve the reports of the District Party Committee; shall elect the Delegates to District, Hsien, Municipal, or Provincial Councils of the Party Delegates Meeting.
Article 21. District Party Committee: The District Party Committee shall take charge of the supervision of affairs within that district before and after the Party Members' Mass Meeting or the District Council of Party Delegates' Meeting. Regular meetings of the city or rural District Party Committee shall be directed by the Standing Committee, elected by the Party Committee itself.
Chapter VI. Hsien and Municipal Party Organs
Article 22. The Hsien Council of Party Delegates: The supreme Party Organ in the hsien is the Hsien Council of Party Delegates. The special meeting of the Council shall be called once in three months. It shall be called by the demand of a majority of other organizations in the hsien; by determination of the Provincial Party Committee or Special District Party Committee. The Hsien Council of Party Delegates which is called by the Hsien Party Committee shall read reports issued by the Hsien Party Committee or the Hsien Control Committee. It shall elect Delegates of the Hsien Party Committee, Hsien Control Committee, Provincial Party Committee, and Special District Party Committee.
Article 23. Hsien Party Committee: The Hsien Party Committee is elected by the Hsien Council of Party Delegates. Before and after the meetings of Hsien Council of Party Delegates this Committee is the supreme Party Organ in the hsien. The Committee shall be constituted by Hsien Delegates and delegates from important villages. The meeting of the Committee shall be called at least once a month, and its date shall be determined by the Hsien Committee itself. A Standing Committee shall be elected to take care of routine Party affairs. There shall be one secretary of the Standing Committee, to be elected from among the Committee members.
Article 24. A Hsien Party Committee shall put into effect previously passed resolutions of the Hsien Council of Party Delegates, the Provincial Party Committee, and the Central Party Committee. Whenever possible, different committees, such as the Organization Committee, Publicity Committee, Women's Movement Committee, and Farmers' Movement Committee, shall be established. The Hsien Party Committee shall also appoint the editors of Hsien Party newspapers. It shall take dual responsibilities to obey the orders of its superior Organ and to report its own merits to its superior Organs.
Article 25. No Municipal Party Committee shall be formed in a city where a Hsien Party Committee has already been established. In such a case the Party affairs of the city shall be in charge of the Hsien Party Committee. A City District Party Committee under it may be formed to take an active part in the City Party affairs.
Article 26. The Municipal Party Committee: The organization of the Municipal Party Committee is the same as that of the Hsien Party Committee. A City District Party Committee is subordinate to it. This Committee shall administer its Branch Party Organs and Branch Organs of its neighbors. No Municipal Party Committee shall be established in a place where the Provincial Party Committee or Special District Party Committee has already been established.
Article 27. The organization and functions of the Special District Party Committee shall be the same as the Hsien Party Committee. In the place where there is no Provincial Party Committee provided then the Special District Party Committee shall be directed by the Central Party Committee. In such a case the functions and organization of the Special Party Committee shall be the same as the Provincial Party Committee.