Abstract: The main body of rural ecological protection was the majority of villagers. In order to fully mobilize the enthusiasm of villagers, make them take the initiative and participate widely, and make the rural environmental governance work effective, the public participation system in rural ecological protection was studied. It was found that the present situation of public participation in rural ecological protection was that the villagers’ participation was not high, the organization mechanism of public participation was not perfect, the participants were single, and the legal system was lacking. The main reasons for these situations were the lack of educated and high-quality talents in rural areas, insufficient social attention to rural ecological protection, the conflict between rural economic development and ecological protection, and inadequate publicity. At present, the protection of natural resources, ecological restoration, pollution control, prevention of ecological environment damage, and supervision of ecological protection in rural ecological environment protection needed public participation. Finally, some suggestions were put forward,such as broadening the main body of public participation, improving the organizational mechanism of public participation, strengthening publicity and education, raising the awareness of public participation and improving the legal guarantee mechanism of public participation.

Key words: rural revitalization, ecological protection, public participation