“先富群体治村”是近年来基层民主发展过程中出现的新情况、新问题,它在一定程度上体现了乡村精英治理格局的回归,并与村民自治的原则和实践产生了紧张,折射出民主治理与精英治理两种模式间的张力。矫正“先富群体治村”趋势、消除民主参与的结构和观念障碍,需要在制度建设上着力。在现有的制度框架内,村民代表会议是践行民主治理原则的载体,亦是平衡“先富群体治村”现象的重要机制,但它还需要在实践中不断得到完善与规范。 “First rich group governance village ” is a new situation and new problems that emerged in the process of grassroots democracy in recent years. It reflects to some extent the return of the governance structure of the elite in the village and is in tension with the principle and practice of villager autonomy , Which reflects the tension between the two modes of democratic governance and elite governance. Correcting the trend of “getting rich first to rule the village” and eliminating the structural and conceptual obstacles to democratic participation require efforts in system construction. Within the framework of the existing system, the villager representatives’ conference is a carrier of practicing the principle of democratic governance and an important mechanism for balancing the phenomenon of “getting rich first and governing the village.” However, it still needs to be constantly perfected and regulated in practice.