Abstract: Abstract: Despite the certain success in the relief of street children in China in the recent decade there exist some problems both in the relevant academic research and the practical relief work. Academically, there lack diversified research participants, reasonable research systems and sound research conditions. Practically, problems such as imperfect relief policies, strong administrative features, low level of socialization of the relief participants and loose interregional collaboration severely affect the human, profession and societyoriented development of street children relief work. There is an urgent need for strengthening the related research, establishing the administrative system for street children welfare and corresponding welfare policy and service systems, and developing the mechanisms for both social work agencies and nongovernmental organizations to participate in the street children relief work.

Key words: street children, social work, needoriented, street children welfare