本文提要：当前，城市居民的贫困问题已经成为中国政府和社会关注的热点，社会救助制度的改革势在必行。但是，如何测定贫困线这样一个关键的问题却没有真正得到解决。本文综合了国际国内诸多贫困定义，提出了一个新的概念框架，分析了国际上用于度量贫困的常用方法的优点和缺点，提出了在中国度量贫困的新思路—综合法 This article summary: At present, the poverty problem of urban residents has become the focus of attention of the Chinese government and society. The reform of the social assistance system is imperative. However, a key issue of how to measure the poverty line has not really been solved. This paper synthesizes many definitions of poverty at home and abroad, proposes a new conceptual framework, analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of the commonly used methods for measuring poverty in the world, and puts forward a new way of measuring poverty in China -