How did local government in Hubei change after the commune system was abolished?

Following the abolition of the commune system in Hubei during the 1980s, the local government structure underwent a significant transition. The commune system, which had previously assumed the administrative duties of rural districts and market towns (xiang and zhen) and managed all local social and economic life, was dismantled.12

In its place, the township government pattern that had existed during the 1950s was reestablished. This shift returned administrative authority to the local government level, moving away from the multipurpose commune model that had characterized the preceding decades. Today, Hubei is administratively organized into prefecture-level municipalities and an autonomous prefecture, with further subdivisions including districts, counties, autonomous counties, county-level municipalities, and a forest region.12