Definition: it refers to the socialization, specialization and marketization of some family affairs, which belongs to the category of people's livelihood. It is undertaken by social professional organizations, community organizations, non-profit organizations, domestic service companies and professional domestic service personnel to help families interact with society, build family norms, improve the quality of family life, and thus promote the development of the whole society.

Background: With the continuous development and maturity of market economy in China, the adjustment of industrial structure is in front of us. Reducing the proportion of primary and secondary industries and increasing the proportion of tertiary industry-service industry is not only the inevitable result of implementing market economy (market economy is service economy to some extent), but also in line with the reality of rising demand for family services.

The symbol of "professionalization" development: In 2000, the Ministry of Labor and Social Security officially recognized the profession of "domestic servant", and domestic service embarked on its own "professionalization" development path. The Ministry of Labor and Social Security put forward that domestic service should be developed as a new field to expand employment, and domestic service should be regarded as a formal occupation of the country.

Work: housekeeping, caring for the elderly, caring for pregnant women, postpartum newborns, caring for babies, caring for patients and other domestic services.

Service content: domestic service involves more than 20 categories and more than 200 service items. Adapting to the characteristics of diversified market demand, domestic service also presents a diversified development trend. Traditional cleaning, moving, babysitting and other projects are constantly subdivided, and services such as lunar new year, escort, chat, financial management and health care are constantly becoming the main contents of domestic service.

Significance: Domestic service is a cross-century "win-win" project. On the one hand, it provides a comprehensive service system such as nanny, nursing, cleaning, logistics distribution and family management for the majority of families; On the other hand, it is one of the main channels to solve the re-employment problem. Domestic service is a complex, comprehensive and highly technical service.