Community governance is an important bedstone of national governance and plays a vital role in the socialist governance system with Chinese characteristics. At the same time, resident participation in community governance can mobilize civic enthusiasm and help balance the "dominant power" of neighborhood committees, so that residents can also become participants, which is conducive to the construction of multi-subject governance pattern. Therefore, it is very important to discuss the participation of urban community residents in community governance to promote the process of socialist governance system with Chinese characteristics. This paper selects the Qingfeng (QF) Community in Wuhu (WH) City to investigate and analyze the current situation of residents' participation in governance. The investigation shows that there are some problems in this community, such as unreasonable participants, insufficient motivation for participation and single participation channels. To address this issue, several approaches are proposed, including the rational organization of community activities, the demonstration of exemplary conduct by cadres and other influential members, and the diversification of participation channels.

Jia’ang Chen. Exploring Paths to Promote Resident Participation in Community Governance—A Case Study of QF Community in WH City. Academic Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences (2025), Vol. 8, Issue 10: 39-45. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJHSS.2025.081007.

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