A questionnaire survey was conducted among 2569 residents in 16 districts of Beijing to investigate the current situation of residents’ demand for social psychological services. The main results are as follows：（1）in terms of the attitude and willingness to seek help，the male，middle-aged，urban residents，married，childless，with a bachelor’s degree or above，and with a formal job residents are more active in coping with psychological problems，and tend to choose the psychological consultation clinic in general hospitals and seek relatives and friends to talk；（2）in terms of social psychological service demand，42.5% of the residents of community psychological service said “very satisfied” or “satisfied”，56.82% of the residents of community said that it was “very necessary” or “possibly necessary” to set up the community psychological service station；（3）the residents most wanted that the community psychological service station to carry out free psychological counseling services. They hoped could get other professional psychological service as well，such as psychological lectures or related activities about coordinating the relationship between family，dealing with family conflicts，releasing bad emotions，relieving pressure related to work or study，preventing and diagnosing mental diseases，especially for vulnerable groups （unemployed people，the elderly，women，etc.）.