Based on basic principal of social security, as well as the combination of Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory and the extended linear expenditure system, the paper selected urban poverty to estimate minimum living standard in 31 provinces (cities, autonomous regions) and proper analytical referrence to make an assessment from the levels of minimum living standard, disparities between provinces to adaptability to the economic development, then seek to substitute the reference of minimum living-consumption for the original one, last corresponding political recommendations were proposed to achieve a reasonable assessment of urban minimum living standard, and to have a healthy and sustainable development in our country.
