第一条为了保障农村村民实行自治,由村民群众依法办理自己的事情,发展农村基层民主,促进农村社会主义物质文明和精神文明建设,根据宪法,制定本法。第二条村民委员会是村民自我管理、自我教育、自我服务的基层群众性自治组织,实行民主选举、民主决策、民主管理、民主监督。 Article 1 This Law shall be formulated in accordance with the Constitution in order to guarantee the self-government of rural villagers, handle their own affairs according to law by the masses of villagers, develop grassroots-level democracy in rural areas and promote the materialist and spiritual civilization in rural areas. Article 2 The villagers’ committees are grassroots mass autonomous organizations that villagers exercise their self-management, self-education and self-service, and practice democratic election, democratic decision-making, democratic management and democratic supervision.