Background: Responsible innovation is an assessing process before a new product/service put into commercial application. However, the designers’ commitment and responsibility to the public means that designers cannot ignore or downplay the institutional framework. The significance of responsible innovation being discussed again is that the role of designers as cultural intermediaries in the opening innovation process remains to be clarified. The objective of this study is to explore designers ‘new role in achieving sustainable community that economic prosperity, cultural regeneration, and vitality. Participants and setting: A total of 12 Chinese respondents with different work experience background （Government, research institutions, private enterprises） responded to a qualitative survey and interview research about design and responsible innovation. Method: This article using an ethnographic case study to investigate the writing practices of academic, and qualitative data that collected from participatory observation and interviews with experienced experts were analyzed using reflexive subject analysis and content analysis. Result: Findings from the case study support a model of sustainable community comprised of three overarching components: 1）Design Harvest Global Innovation and entrepreneurship Platform ；2）Artistic participation；3）Cultivating care economy. Thematic analyses also revealed that Socio-economic cooperation model is considered to be the way out of the depressed economic environment. Conclusion: The quality of community health care cannot be improved only through top-down health care systems, but must rely on socioeconomic and community upstream interventions. The public responsibility of designers convening citizen leaders to strengthen collective collaboration and reconnecting isolated people building stronger socioeconomic and cultural relationships, thus provide healthcare to the marginal community. Our results are consistent with previous surveys from China and the United States, highlighting the international relevance of these topics.