The construction of marine protected areas (MPAs) and community development have an interwovenness connection. It is an urgent issue to study how to promote tharmonization between them. This research used policy analysis and literature research methods to analyze the policy orientation and function of the MPA community. The study was mainly conducted from two perspectives: ecological civilization system reform and the development of MPA practices. From the analysis of the natural spatial attributes and social functional attributes of communities, it was found that there were problems with the current concept of marine communities such as "unclear definitions, inaccurate concepts and insufficient applicability in the field of marine ecological conservation". The concept connotation and analytical framework of the “marine protected area community”were proposed in this article according to the theory of integrated marine management, the theoretical basis of the Social-Economic-Natural Complex Ecosystem and the policy needs of ecological civilization. This framework divides the concept of MPA communities into in-boundary communities and out-of-boundary communities (adjacent communities and neighboring communities), which illuminates the interaction and "dependency-conflict" relationship between MPAs and communities. The results of the systematic analysis of Changdao Island MPAs showed that this study framework could provide clear ideas for community governance in MPAs. This paper provides a systematic analysis method to straighten out the relationship between MPAs and communities, which has theoretical significance and practical value for building a community management system and promoting the modernization of governance in MPAs .