1. To implement the state’s principles and policies and related laws and regulations concerning social welfare, and cooperate with relevant government departments to promote the scientific development of social welfare and senior services.

2. To carry out the research and publicity of social welfare and senior services theories and policies, organize theory and practice communications and promote the implementation of policies so as to advance the construction of social welfare and senior service systems.

3. To carry out exchanges and cooperations with organizations of social welfare and senior services from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and overseas countries, and use their experience for reference in order to promote the development of China's social welfare.

4. To guide the social resources into the field of social welfare, to advocate the running of social welfare and senior services by working together with industrial and commercial enterprises, social organizations and people from all walks of life, so as to promote the social welfare socialization.

5. To implement the work on the legalization and standardization of social welfare, and be cooperative to the publicity and implementation of industry standards of all types of welfare service organizations. Upon the authorization or entrustment of competent department, to undertake the industry level assessment and senior manager's qualification training in service agencies, so as to promote the talents building and improve the service quality.

6. To focus on the carrying out of standardization, informatization and talents building by cooperating with the government. To undertake government’s entrusted projects and actively promote these projects’ results.

7. To focus on the construction of senior service assessment system and conducting assessments by cooperating with the government, and provide assessment service for the third party.

8. To focus on the talents building by cooperating with the government, and conduct the research and development of senior service vocational skills textbooks and qualification training by project cooperation. 

9. To actively promote the construction of social welfare culture and praise the model deeds so as to contribute to the social harmony.

10. To promote regulations construction of the social welfare and senior service industry. To regulate the industry practices, strengthen internal management, and promote the industry self-discipline.

11. To play the role of providing services and reflecting demands, provide relevant legal consultancy service and safeguard legitimate rights and interests of the industry.

12. To undertake matters entrusted by the government and related organizations.