According to the theory of the discretion distribution, social cooperation mode of general archives can be divided into four categories: zero social cooperation, outsourcing and consulting, cooperative governance, volunteer. The mode of cooperative governance based on the discretion sharing is the main social cooperation mode for the genera archives. The value and risk are coexisting in this mode. Based on defining its own role, the genera archives can follow the four step cycle consisting of analysis, distribution, design and evaluation according to the reality to ensure that the goal of cooperative governance can effectively fulfill and improve the quality and level of social cooperation.