Abstract: Abstract:
One of the problems that the society and economic development are confronted with is the large number of emergencies and their destructive effects. However, the capabilities of both the government and the public to copy with emergent situations have left much room for improvement. Previous studies focus on the government, individual citizens, community construction, specific practices, etc. Viewed from the perspective of private social work agencies as a service platform and referring to the current situation of the professional social work development in Guangdong Province, especially the case in Guangzhou City, this paper argues for seven advantages of private social service organizations in the construction of public emergency capability: value advantage, professional advantage, specialty advantage, space and time advantage, method advantage, social basis advantage, and coordination mechanism advantage, which help to open up a realistic way for Chinese public emergency ability construction.

Key words: social work, private social service, public emergency capability construction