As we all know, the people’s livelihood is a historical problem. A long history of its study, the scholars from the state, said demand for the different point of view that livelihood issues are analyzed. After analyzing the previous studies on the basis of people’s livelihood, put forward their own suggestions. I personally think that building a harmonious society should be the people’s livelihood under the basic survival issues and development issues, including the physical, political, economic three dimensions. As for the nature of people’s livelihood is the responsibility of governments at all levels to address the survival and development of people-related issues, let people live a happy life. This attention to livelihood issues in the same time, the right to subsistence and development studies were extremely important. Today’s society with unique social characteristics of people’s livelihood and improve the livelihood of inestimable social value, first in favor of social progress and protection of state power at the same time. Effective solution to the social contradictions, the different classes to prevent confrontation between the interests of the ultimate realization of harmonious society.To solve a lot of people’s livelihood strategies, the article presents a basic point and the three basic strategies, a basic point is "people oriented "as a key livelihood issues, to improve the members of society the right to survival and development. In this process, especially the interests of protection of vulnerable groups. Vulnerable groups is a very special group, in the development of society, this group contains more and more people, especially college students in recent years as the interests of protection of particularly vulnerable groups are concerned about the process of allocation of social resources but also to try to To achieve fairness and justice, reflecting the fair demands of members of society. The livelihood of many problems at this stage there is very serious, we can not all full attention, can not be exhaustive, this article from the distribution, education, and employment in three aspects, the issue of some of the people’s livelihood. In analyzing the status of the premise, made a number of corresponding measures.This paper presents three basic strategies, including the regulation of capital, capital expansion and restraint to prevent over-consumption, consumption and protection of fundamental security and respect for the rights of citizens to choose and participate. That regulation of capital is to prevent excessive concentration of capital, to prevent the resulting gap is too large, should protect the interests and rights of vulnerable groups. Construction of regulation of capital is an effective way to solve the people’s livelihood, embodies the social values of fairness and justice. The most basic consumer protection, from the perspective of survival, protection of citizens the most basic right to life. Respect the citizens right to choose for the article on the citizens to choose the traditional communities and modern communities, and choose a different way of life were reviewed. Emphasis on our government, people’s livelihood in the formulation of appropriate policy, to analyze specific issues, with full respect for citizens to participate, to put themselves in the vital interests of citizens consider that the policies have targeted and practical.