Abstract: Abstract: The rapid development of social work in contemporary China is accompanied by many challenges: theoretical teaching and practical supervision are not connected; the value of social work is separated from professional skills and methods; the actual number of professionals does not meet the objective demand; professional social workers and actual social workers are not in close contact; there is conflict between regional construction and reference to regionexternal experiences; there exists uneven development across regions and professional fields; support from the society is inadequate. Measures for meeting these challenges include: strengthening supervision over internship, solving the bottleneck of policy, combining education and training, emphasizing the internalization of the values, attaching great importance to the construction of native social work, eliminating the imbalance of development, and enlisting social recognition and support.

Key words: social work, challenge