Abstract: The General Principles of Civil Law of PRC gives the rural collective economic organization a special legal person status, but the specific rules have not been determined. At present, China has not regulated rural collective economic organizations through the establishment of a unified civil separate law, and relevant regulations are scattered among many legal norms.The fragmentation of legal norms has caused the basic connotation of rural collective economic organizations to be unclear, which has caused confusion in the applicable understanding of theory and practice, and has led to a rich understanding of rural collective economic organizations' legal person attributes, governance structure, and membership system.Therefore, it is urgent to clarify the basic connotation of rural collective economic organizations and clarify their concepts and characteristics. However, the rural collective economic organization is constantly innovating in evolution, by sorting out the evolutionary history and exploring the inherent logic contained in it, it can effectively clarify its basic connotation, which will help the finalization of legalization, build and improve the governance structure and specific rules to promote the effective role of rural collective economic organizations.