Pao-Chia

Pao-Chia

 

before the victory of the people’s revolution of 1949 in China, a system of administrative and police organization of peasant homesteads into special pao, or units of 100 homesteads, and chia, which united up to 1,000 homesteads. The pao-chia system existed from ancient times. It was usually used for mutual guaranty, mutual surveillance, struggle against opponents of the authorities, and extortion of taxes from the people.