Community service,which is called community work abroad,is a new concept.At present,there is no agreed def-inition on community services.However.according to the experience in China’s cities,community services refer to va-rious types of social welfare and services rendered by community organizations to citizens to improve their materialand spiritual welfare.and to assist the community members in solving special problems in life.These facilities wouldimprove their quality of life and promote community development.In order to study the present situation and development objective of community services in Shanghai,the Muni-cipal Civil Affairs Bureau of Shanghai commissioned the Research Institute of Social Science and Proiect of JiaoTong University to carry out a large scale sample survey of community services in Shanghai.A general survey wasfirst carried out for 143 neighborhoods and townships of the city and subsequently questionnaire survey was carriedout for 100 neighborhood committees and 2,500 residents by random sampling.The following are the finding of theabove surveys. Community service,which is called community work abroad,is a new concept.At present,the is is no agreed def-inition on community services.How to.according to the experience in China’s cities,community services refer to va-rious types of social welfare and services rendered by community organizations to citizens to improve their materialand spiritual welfare.and to assist the community members in solving special problems in life.These facilities wouldimprove their quality of life and promote community development.In order to study the present situation and development objective Of community services in Shanghai, the Muni-cipal Civil Affairs Bureau of Shanghai commissioned the Research Institute of Social Science and Proiect of JiaoTong University to carry out a large scale sample survey of community services in Shanghai.A general survey wasfirst carried out for 143 neighborhoods And townships of the city and later questionnaire survey was carriedout for 100 neighborhood committees And 2,500 residents by random sampling.The following are the finding of the aboveove surveys.