Abstract: The “village to residence”community is the product of the dual role of urbanization development and government policy, which has vigorously promoted the process of urbanization. However, due to the connection of system mechanism and public service, “village to residence” community also has problems such as lagging management concept and mode, insufficient financial and resource investment, and lack of public service supply. Due to the different social capital and actual conditions, the effective experience and methods of urban mature community governance are difficult to be simply copied into the “village to residence” community governance. So it is urgent to introduce new governance methods and social resources to boost the “village to residence” community to improve governance efficiency. In the process of promoting the community governance of “village to residence” community, we should give full play to the unique advantages of social work empowerment, integrate the resources inside and outside the community, promote the collaborative governance of multiple subjects, and promote the realization of urban and rural integrated development and social co-construction and sharing pattern.

Key words: social work, community of “village to residence”, empowerment, practice path, governance modernization