China's rapid social and economic growth has accelerated immigration from rural areas to cities or suburban areas. In 2018, there are approximately 241 million floating population, accounting for 59.58% of China's total urban population. The increase in shared activity spaces or overlapping of place would inevitably create conflicts. During urbanization, a large number of suburban areas have been integrated into the urban spaces. The process not only reconstruction the model of suburban governance, but also increase the complexity in the management of local government.

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In recent years, different local governments have demonstrated varied governance characteristics which are problem-oriented and community-based. This gives rise to a large number of innovative, distinctive local practices, but there lacks a platform to collect and share. Our project summarizes and sorts out excellent cases of community governance in China and worldwide, aiming at broadening the horizons of readers from an academic perspective and providing a platform for mutual learning. Besides, we hope our readers would actively seek out and absorb these case studies more fully into their studies/practices.