What is the difference between social welfare, social security, social insurance and social assistance?

1. Conceptual difference: Social assistance refers to a system in which the state and society provide economic assistance and life assistance to citizens who are trapped in survival difficulties for various reasons to ensure their minimum living needs. Social insurance is a social and economic system that provides income or compensation for those who lose their ability to work, are temporarily unemployed or suffer losses due to health reasons.

Social security is a system in which the state or the government is the main body, and through the redistribution of national income, citizens are given material help when they temporarily or permanently lose their ability to work and have difficulties in life for various reasons, so as to ensure their basic livelihood. Social welfare "refers to various social methods and policies to solve problems related to' welfare'".

2. Different functions: the goal of social assistance is to alleviate life difficulties, the goal of social insurance is to prevent labor risks, and social security is to provide material help when life is difficult to ensure their basic livelihood. Social welfare mainly refers to social services and facilities.

3. Different relationships: Social security is a kind of social security theory, including social assistance, social welfare and social insurance, and it is an integral part of the social security system.