Following reform，the village committee has lost its collective economic resources，making it difficult for it to fulfill its obligations as a provider of public services in the rural community，and rural professional cooperatives deal only with economic affairs. This being the case，who is to provide public services to rural China？This paper reveals an alternative possibility：rural cooperatives that are，in essence，social enterprises，and that have comprehensive economic，social，and cultural functions. The authors draw on the example of the Puhan village community in Yongji，Shanxi to illustrate the potential of this model，demonstrating how the villagers in Puhan have developed new ways of providing public services to the rural community. The authors expand on this empirical material to offer theoretical and policy analysis，and end the paper with their own policy recommendations.