Does "residency councils" refer to " residents' committees"?

Or refer to "neighborhood committees"?

Context:

The country’s only competitive elections are for village committees and urban residency councils, which hold limited authority and are generally subordinate to the local CCP committees. The nomination of candidates remains tightly controlled, and many of the elections have been marred by fraud, corruption, and attacks on independent candidates.

More:
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2016/china