On October 29, 2016, the Chinese life hospice care association professional committee of social work was established in Chongqing, which is the symbol of the first year of hospice care practice of social work in China in 2016, which has become the milestone event for China’s health care, life care, hospice care and practice of social work. The social work practice era of hospice has come, which is of great importance to history, reality, theory, policy, professional services. Firstly,this paper gives a brief outline of the content and priority areas of the modern hospice social work practice, enumerating the research issues list of Chinese characteristic modern hospice care practice of social work. Secondly, this paper also pointed out development direction for modern medical health, mental health and the system construction of hospice care practice of social work with Chinese characteristics. Thirdly, this paper has established the basis for social services in order to build a well off society in an all round way, to respond the national strategy of healthy China, and to improve the health of people.