What does the Community Mediation Committee do?

Legal analysis: Responsible for mediating civil disputes, publicizing laws, regulations, rules and policies through mediation work, educating citizens to abide by the law and respect social ethics. Carry out legal and safety publicity activities to improve community members’ legal concepts and safety awareness. Mobilize and organize the masses to carry out mass prevention and treatment work, establish and improve community management and protection teams, and implement physical and technical prevention measures. Rely on community police workstations and floating population management workstations to manage rental housing and temporary residents. Assist relevant departments in assisting, educating, reforming, and placing persons released from prison and released from reeducation through labor. Establish a safety inspection system to ensure the safety of one party. Timely coordinate various civil disputes to prevent and resolve social conflicts. The People's Mediation Committee is a mass organization established in accordance with the law to mediate civil disputes. It is a form of social relief for civil disputes. As a mass organization, the essence of the People's Mediation Committee is to allow the people to organize themselves and manage their own affairs. It is an organizational form for the people to manage themselves, educate themselves, and serve themselves.

Legal basis: "People's Mediation Law of the People's Republic of China"

Article 7 The People's Mediation Committee is a mass organization established in accordance with the law to mediate civil disputes.

Article 13: People’s mediators shall be members of the People’s Mediation Committee and persons appointed by the People’s Mediation Committee.

Article 14 People's mediators should be adult citizens who are fair and upright, enthusiastic about people's mediation work, and have a certain level of education, policy and legal knowledge. The judicial administrative department of the people's government at the county level shall provide regular professional training to people's mediators.