ABSTRACT
The city is the heart of American society, but many problems arise as a result of urbanization. In many cities, particularly the larger ones, there is little sense of community. The absence of community is due in part to the fact that, on the average, a person in the United States changes residences every five years. The urban setting in China is quite different from its American counterpart. While Chinese cities are large and sprawling, they have managed to retain a considerable sense of community. The adoption of new organizational structures and terminology in the rural areas has brought about some real changes. The new economic activity provided the neighborhood organization with a substantial new source of funds which could support neighborhood cooperative projects either directly or in the form of salaries for the neighborhood volunteers. The residents committee and residents small group also form a number of functional subunits that carry out various specialized work.
