Abstract:  While China is accelerating the development of government purchase of social service, private social service organizations are faced with some predicaments. On the one hand, there are problems like the uneven regional distribution of organizations, limited professional competence, irregular internal governance, and low degree of social recognition; on the other hand, government resources are not constant for private social service organizations and therefore lack professional guidance for these organizations. Hence both private social service organizations and government institutions should take measures in this regard. The private organizations need strengthen their professional capacity, improve their internal governance mechanism and enhance social recognition, and government institutions should use biased “government funding” to strengthen professional guidance and provide personnel support for private organizations.
 

Key words: government purchase, private social service organization, predicament, countermeasure