中文摘要：

社会企业作为一个新兴的研究领域，备受理论界和实务界的关注。本文主要从社会企业的概念界定与组织属性、类型特征与目标选择、生存要件与政策机制三个方面梳理国内外社会企业的研究进展，以期利于中国社会企业本土化研究的进一步拓展。

英文摘要：

Social enterprise, emerging as a new research field, has been highly noticed in theory and practice recently. This article explores the development of domestic and international social enterprise from three aspects - definition and nature, characteristics and target selection, elements of survival and policy mechanism. It is hoped that this research could benefit the study on the localization of Chinese social enterprise.