Abstract:  In the new era, China′s aging problem and the implementation of the three-child policy are bound to increase women′s
housework. Therefore, it is urgent to promote the socialization of housework. Engels′ thought on housework socialization is helpful to guide and promote the high-quality development of housework socialization. Its basic connotation is embodied as follows: to exert women′s subjectivity, to be practical in the objective world, and to be scientific rooted in historical materialism. Its internal purpose is embodied in the direct demand of promoting women′s direct liberation, the ideal pursuit of concluding love and marriage, the fundamental requirement of promoting production development, and the inevitable requirement of people′s all-round development. Its inspiration for promoting the socialization of housework lies in: consolidating the material foundation, adhering to new idea that the new development concept leads the high-quality development of productivity, strengthening scientific and technological empowerment and modernization support with digital technology, giving full play to the advantages of the system, and enhancing public services and its security system.

Key words:  , Engels, socialization of housework, aging, three-child policy