我国20世纪80年代兴起的村民自治是指村民通过自治组织依法办理与其利益相关的村内事务,实现村民自我管理、自我教育和自我服务的实践活动。村民自治对我国宪法发展具有积极作用,表现在其促成基层民主制度在宪法中的确立,发展民主选举制度,推进人权保障事业。同时,村民自治实践对宪法发展也提出了挑战。 The self-governance of villagers in our country in the 1980s refers to the practice of villagers to handle the village affairs related to their interests according to law through self-government organizations so as to realize villagers self-management, self-education and self-service. Villager autonomy has an active role in the development of our country’s constitution. It is manifested in its establishment of the constitutional system of grassroots democracy, the development of a democratic election system, and the promotion of human rights protection. At the same time, the practice of villager autonomy also posed challenges to the constitutional development.