Thirty Years of Turbulence - Chinese Enterprises

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Under his rule, all the villagers achieved fundamental improvements in their lives (interestingly, these villages were often very poor begging villages in the past), and were completely dependent on this strongman in terms of their personalities.

It's hard to say what kind of organization this village is. In terms of administrative concept, it's the most basic administrative unit of the country, while in terms of economic concept, it's a rigorous for-profit organization. Some villages even have a listed company, and those strongmen are usually both the village's administrative chief and the chairman of the company. This dual power model seems to have not been questioned by anyone and seems to be the only feasible way. What is even more intriguing is that the families of strongmen are often the most powerful in this rural area, and their children are already the core figures in rural management when the strongmen are alive. When these strongmen age or die, they often pass on their power to their own children.

In the past 30 years, such famous Chinese villages include Liuzhuang and Nanjie Village in Henan, Daqiu Village in Tianjin, Huaxi Village in Jiangsu, and Hengdian in Zhejiang. As a unique cultural specimen and community enterprise form, they have been emitting a mysterious and elusive charm for many years.