By the end of 1984, approximately 98 percent of the old production teams had adopted the contract responsibility system, and all but 249 communes had been dissolved, their governmental functions passed on to 91,000 township and town governments.
到1984年底，约98％的老生产队采用了家庭联产承包责任制，除249个乡镇外的所有乡镇都已解散，政府职能转移到91,000个乡镇政府。