Rural collective economy is an economic form in which rural collective members utilize collectively owned resource elements to carry out economic activities.This means that maximizing the utility of resource elements for common prosperity is a necessary part of the development of rural collective economy.The research literature on the allocation of resource elements in economic organizations was analyzed,and a detailed analysis of essential resource elements for the development of rural collective economy was provided.Based on case analysis,logical clues to open the"black box"was proposed,namely the theoretical hypothesis of"opening the eyes"to identify resources,"correcting the order of objects",and"optimizing techniques"to clarify the path of"three steps forward".The collected case data was used to analyze geographical location,policy system.The role of leaders(entrepreneurial spirit)in the development of rural collective economy.The results indicated that in the composition of high-quality development elements of rural collective economy,there was a universal logical order of"geographical location→policy system→leaders(entrepreneurial spirit)→technology→capital→labor force→land",and at the same time,different resource elements in different orders relyed on endogenous economic development paths.It was emphasized that"adhering to the standard of optimal sequence elements","relying on elite farmers","correcting element sequence deviations",and"introducing external elements into the precise location of optimal sequence elements"were four manifestations of the"benign path dependence"of high-quality development of the collective economy.Furthermore,measures such as"strengthening the ability of leaders","establishing a basic database of development resources at the county level",and"establishing a response and correction mechanism for resource elements"contributed to the high-quality development of rural collective economy.