The Research On Perfecting Social Assistance System In China Under The Background Of Building Harmonious Society

CPC Centre put forward to building a socialist harmonious society in the"Decision"of the 16th Committee at the Fourth Plenary Session, this is not only the growth of quantity, but also a leap stage in quality. There is not only increasing social wealth, while the poor will gradually fade away in harmonious society, the state will provide a secure environment for all members of society. In this sense, the improvement of the social security system is the important content for society moving toward fair and justice. Social assistance is often thought as a safety net of the whole social security system, protection that it provides is the lowest level, and the aim is to safeguard right to life and right to existence for the members of society, to meet the most basic needs for the members of society. Its ultimate goal is to enhance the capacities of survival and development for the poverty-stricken masses, and to make them self-reliance, and self-improvement, completely free from poverty. Improvement of the social assistance system can be understood as a comprehensive establishment of anti-poverty line, the reflection of poverty problems and combatants.At present,the major problems in China's social salvage mechanism are:lack of uniform arrangement in urban and rural areas,lack of variety in salvage projects and means,low level of salvage ,concept of salvage lagging behind,unreasonable share of salvage funds and lack of coordination in management of salvage.In order to secure people's life ,reduce social contradictions and maintain society stable .So as to promote social harmony ,it is necessary to perfect the social salvage mechanism in line with our economic development. In conclusion, establish a guarantee system of minimum life standard as the point of departure ,and aim at covering the needed in both the urban and the rural areas.So, this paper focuses on the current China's social assistance, improving the country's social relief system path and thinking: establishing the minimum livelihood guarantee system in rural areas, improving the minimum subsistence guarantee system for urban residents, and establishing a system of assistance for needy people, and improving disaster relief system, the system of medical assistance, education aid system and legal aid system.