The “Wuxi Model”, emerging from March 2011 as a latest model of so-called “social management innovation”, by far has shown a double positive effect in promoting “local co-governance” and “containing appealing actions” both in the level of county and township. Based on eldwork investigation, this paper focused on Global Village Beijing, a leading environmental NGO in China, and a key participant of this Wuxi Model, thus sought to reveal the societal conditions of possible local corporatism in China.