Objective To explore the promoting and hindering factors of community residents′ participation in advance care planning （ACP） and provide reference for the promotion practice of ACP. Methods Qualitative studies relating to community residents′ live experience of ACP were retrieved from electronic databases of PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, Embase, Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure, VIP, Wanfang data from inception to February, 2022.A meta-synthesis was performed to summarize and interpret the research results. Results A total of 12 literatures were included, 53 findings were extracted, summarized into 14 categories and four integrated findings, including community residents′ awareness of ACP, community residents′ attitudes towards ACP, influencing factors of community residents′ participation in ACP and suggestions for the implementation of ACP. Conclusion Community residents have insufficient awareness of the ACP, thus the community medical staff should strengthen the promotion and publicity of ACP in the community, enrich its practice mode, and promote the "family-centered" intervention model of the ACP.