- 供销合作社 gōngxiāohézuòshè supply and marketing cooperativeA rural commercial organization that supplies production tools and consumer goods to farmers while also purchasing their agricultural products.
- 信用合作社 xìnyònghézuòshè credit unionA cooperative financial organization formed by residents or workers to provide mutual credit services and low-interest loans to its members.
- 消费合作社 xiāofèihézuòshè consumers' cooperativeAn organization formed by consumers to pool resources and purchase daily goods directly from producers to avoid middleman markups.
- 农业生产合作社 nóngyèshēngchǎnhézuòshè agricultural cooperativean agricultural producers' cooperative; a collective organization of farmers common during the mid-20th century in China
- 初级农业生产合作社 chūjínóngyèshēngchǎnhézuòshè elementary agricultural producers' cooperativeearly form of socialist collective farming in China where land was pooled but still privately owned
