The study analyzes the characteristics of Chinese people’s goal pursuits，confidence in achieving goals，and the influence of goal pursuits on well-being from two aspects：intrinsic goals and extrinsic goals. The data of residents in 31 provinces in China comes from Social Mentality Survey. The results showed that people are more likely to pursue intrinsic goals such as personal growth，affiliation and community feeling，and the extrinsic goals such as financial success，social recognition and appealing appearance are less important，and people generally believe extrinsic goals are more impossible to achieve. People with higher socio-economic status are more likely to pursue the goals. Intrinsic goal pursuit can enhance people’s well-being such as subjective well-being，sense of gain and sense of security，while extrinsic goal pursuit may attenuate well-being.