Abstract: Under the background of the rural revitalization strategy, improving the rural mutual assistance service for the elderly was an important part of deepening the ability of rural elderly care services and building a rural elderly care service system. Based on the perspective of enabling governance, the practical operation characteristics and paths of the “1+N” type mutual assistance service station were analyzed in X village of Anhui Province. Collaborative construction of rural mutual assistance for the elderly was promoted by taking the resources integration as the basis, the empowerment of social organizations as the main body and the elderly capacity building as the center, forming the condensation of mutual assistance for the elderly construction led by the government, giving play to the external support of social organizations, and mobilizing the elderly's internal vitality. The consciousness of self-help and mutual aid of the elderly was cultivated, in order to further improve the development of rural mutual support for the elderly and provide a new idea for solving the problem of rural pension.

Key words: enabling governance, rural mutual support for the elderly, “1+N” mutual aid elderly care service station