people's commune

noun

1. a usually rural, Communist Chinese social and administrative unit of from 2000 to 4000 families combined for collective farming, fishing, mining, or industrial projects.

Word History and Origins

Origin of people's commune¹

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

He seemed to be a Chinese businessman,” said Paul Tang, the proprietor of the store, which in Chinese goes by the more ironic name of the People’s Commune bookstore.

From New York Times

During the affecting Act II scene in which Pat Nixon is guided by Chinese escorts and journalists to a glass factory, a people’s commune and a health clinic, she is finally taken to a school.

From New York Times

So says a smiling Teng Jiayun, the lean Communist Party secretary of the Tsao Kang production brigade of the Yun Men Kou People's Commune near Chengdu capital of Sichuan province.

From Time Magazine Archive

Profiles of two Chinese families: the one factory workers, the other peasants on a People's Commune: Four of the five Ts'ao family members are factory employees.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ch'en Ho-kuang, 39, and his wife Wang Yen-liu, 36, are field hands on the Ta Li People's Commune near Canton.

From Time Magazine Archive