Abstract: Chinas social service is developing towards service purchase by government and social work service is an important entry on the list of services for government purchase. So working out a guiding directive of social work service items is the prerequisite for government to purchase the serve. As the studies of the directives of social work services for government purchase in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangdong have shown, it is necessary to topdesign, comprehensively and in line of Chinese characteristics, the mode, form, channel and content of government purchasing social work service, to adjust, enrich and perfect the policies and regulations for government purchasing social work service, and to fully embody the professional properties of social work. The directory should be a guide, allowing local governments to make necessary adjustments according to the local situation. Meanwhile, the government should follow the basic laws of service purchase to promote the standardization and transparency of the relevant process and implement marketoriented operation, contractbased management, thirdparty assessment and social supervision.

Key words: Key words: government purchase