As a premise and an approach of localization of rural governance research，concept creation， if made inappropriately，will inevitably affect related concepts，theories and doctrines in this domain. This article， based on the world outlook and methodology of dialectical materialism and historical materialism，as well as the fundamental position of Marxist political economy of “adhering to the people-centered philosophy”， investigates and reflects on the current situation of the localized concepts in the study of rural governance， examining that there are generally three key problems in the research field. First，a simple application of the “state-society” binary analysis paradigm derived from the experience of some Western countries cannot truly meet China’s reality; second，the research field has been continuously narrowed，and the construction of national character behind rural governance has not received sufficient attention due to the insistence of researchers’ dualistic thinking framework of “localness” and “stateness” and the excessive assertion of “localness” in rural society; third，a certain degree of de-publicity tendency is rising as a result of researchers’ insensitivity to the public values. The paper finds that the ignorance of the world outlook and methodology of dialectical materialism and historical materialism as well as the downplaying of the fundamental position of Marxist political economy “adhering to people-centeredness” are the root causes of these problems. Thus，focusing on eliminating these research inappropriateness is the premise and foundation for the healthy development of the localization of rural governance research in the new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics.