Baojia system
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The baojia system (Chinese: 保甲; pinyin: bǎojiǎ) was an invention of Wang Anshi of the Song Dynasty, who created this community-based system of law enforcement and civil control that was included in his large reform of Chinese government (“the New Policies”) from 1069-1076. A bao consisted of 10 jias, which in turn consisted of 100 households (also reported as just 10 households) that were trained and supplied with weapons. The leaders of the baos were given authority to maintain local order, collect taxes, and organize civil projects. The idea of the system was that it would diminish the government’s reliance on mercenaries, and that it would instead assign responsibility of law enforcement to these civil societies.
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