慈善机构或者是社会福利机构，这是目前民政部门的角色定位，大众这样认为．民政部分自身在认识中也常局限于此。究其原因，主要是历史的原因和民政部门长期以来主要工作职能所致。扶贫济困，敬老助残似乎代表了民政工作的全部。社会学认为社会角色定位常常决定主体的能动性的 Charity or social welfare agencies, which is the current civil affairs department’s role positioning, the general public think so. Civil affairs itself is often limited in understanding. The reason is mainly due to the historical reasons and the main job functions of the civil affairs department. Poverty alleviation, elders and disabled people seem to represent the entire work of civil affairs. Sociology believes that the social role of positioning often determines the initiative of the main body