The authors conducted a questionnaire investigation in 11 rural communities based on indexes of assessing current status of rural community informatization in the Southern developed areas of Jiangsu province.Conclusions include:coverage of information infrastructure in rural communities of developed areas is significantly higher than the national average level and even the national average level of urban and rural areas;personal expenditure on information is within the scope of villagers’ financial expenditure;information technology investment is mainly used for information network platform and infrastructure construction and improvement;rural investment in information resources is relatively small;overall capacity of information resources is limited and not fully utilized and there is also a lack of information specialists.In addition,the information literacy of villagers needs to be improved and their information needs are mainly about news and entertainment;television and Internet are their principal means of acquiring information.Suggestions include:attach more importance to the development of information resources,provide information technology personnel,conduct research on the information needs of rural residents and improve their information literacy. The authors conducted a questionnaire investigation in 11 rural communities based on indexes of assessing current status of rural community informatization in the Southern developed areas of Jiangsu province. Confclusions include: coverage of information infrastructure in rural communities of developed areas is significantly higher than the national average level and even the national average level of urban and rural areas; personal investment on information is within the scope of villagers’ financial expenditure; information technology investment is mainly used for information network platform and infrastructure construction and improvement; rural investment in information resources small; overall capacity of information resources is limited and not fully utilized and there is also a lack of information specialists. In addition, the information literacy of villagers needs to be improved and their information needs are mainly about news and entertainment; television and Internet a re their principal means of acquiring information. provisions informative.Suggestions include: attach more importance to the development of information resources, provide information technology personnel, conduct research on the information needs of rural residents and improve their information literacy.