Abstract: Participatory governance is an important path of grassroots community governance innovation. Through the in-depth participation of residents，the autonomy of community residents is further improved and the ability of community governance is enhanced. Starts with the four autonomy elements of system，platform，subject，resources，this paper analyzes and summarizes the practices and experiences in the four successful cases of residents’ autonomy in Changning District，Shanghai. Combined with in-depth interviews with neighborhood committees，this paper analyzes the current problems and causes in the practice of urban community residents’ autonomy，and proposes four paths to further improve the urban community residents’ autonomy，namely，the path of empowerment and task transformation, the path of platform construction and mechanism improvement，the path of topic development and behavior shaping, and the path of mining and integrating resources.

Key words:

residents’ autonomy, participatory governance, urban community