[Purpose/Significance] The article draws attention to a new thinking about user involvement in co-governance of privacy risk of open government data to promote the effective utilization and value realization of open government data. [Design/Methodology] By using the literature research method, this paper investigates and analyzes the studies on the privacy risks of open government data at home and abroad, and then puts forward the overall framework for users to participate in the co-governance of privacy risks. we analyze the value and motivation attracting users to participate in the co-governance of privacy risks of open government data, and explore the participation modes, participation paths and participation ways. [Findings/Conclusion] Users participation in the co-governance of privacy risk of open government data is conducive to preventing data risks, ensuring data security, realizing data value, and improving government service functions. Users participation in co-governance of privacy risk is the result of synergetic effects of internal motives from oneself and external motives from government. Users participation modes can be divided into government-led co-governance, government-user collaborate co-governance, and user-led co-governance. Users participation in co-governance privacy risk can be achieved through the ways of participating in use, participating in evaluation/feedback and participating in supervision, which throughout three paths:privacy risk identification, privacy risk assessment and privacy risk control. [Originality/Value] From a perspective of users participation, this study proposes new ideas and approaches for users to participate in the co-governance privacy risks of open government data, which could contribute to prevent government data risks, ensure data privacy security, realize the value of government data, and improve the governance capacities of the government.