In the early period of PRC, the CPC focused on exploring the path of supporting the production of the poor in the social relief work. Supporting the poor in production can not only save the national financial expenditure, but also turn consumers into producers and relief households into self - supporting households, so that the poor can improve their lives on their own, and contribute to the urban economy. In the work of supporting the poor people s production, the party focused on investigation and research, policy advocacy, theoretical learning, inspection and correcting error, etc. Therefore, the retrospect of the working methods of the CPC is not only a review of the party s poverty alleviation history, but also a summary of the party s practical experience in social relief work.