The social welfare system is a system established by the Chinese government to provide funds to ensure the livelihood of senior citizens,orphans and the handicapped persons who are in extraordinarily straitened circumstances.

• 中国社会福利制度是指政府出资为那些生活困难的老人、孤儿和残疾人等特殊困难群体提供生活保障而建立的制度。