Social assistance，as an important part of the social security system，refers to a way that the state or other social entities provide basic assistance to people who have lost their ability to work or to low-income earners for guaranteeing their minimum standard of living.Social assistance covers minimum living guarantee，the support for extremely poor households，the relief of disaster victims，medical and educationalassistance，housing assistance，employment assistance and temporary assistance.With multiple hybrid communities，complex resident structure，large number of vulnerable groups and low employment，social assistance is a key issue faced by Taoranting Sub-district in advancing social governance.In this light，the research team，turning to both documentary research and interviews and discussions，focused on the basic information，main experience and practices of Taoranting Sub-district in social assistance，analyzed problems which it faced and proposed specific suggestions for existing problems so as to provide some references for Taoranting Sub-district to improve its social assistance system.