Abstract: The Chinese traditional social assistance value is originated from moral quality.The social assistance system for citizens is a rational revolution from the traditional one.With the institutionalization and bureaucratization of social assistance,the social assistance system needs to form a new concept of social assistance."The help to self-assistance" is a new understanding of the social assistance after the involvement of the value of social work.It helps to promote the person-centered spirits of social assistance.The person being helped gets a boost of self-esteem,self-improvement,and self-reliance with the application of social assistance to the whole society.