Abstract: Social responsibility is a key competency to integrate the individual development into the social development, and it is the core component of the value as well. Based on the frame of key competencies, this study was designed to interpret the connotation of social responsibility competencies through analyzing key competencies from other organizations and countries and previous findings on social responsibility. Social responsibility is a comprehensive competency in cognition, emotion and ability, which mainly includes responsibilities for family, collective, country and a social sustainable development. The realization of social responsibility competencies should be guided by the “Chinese Dream” and the core values of Chinese socialism, and be integrated into the current curriculums development with a focus on emotional experience and process evaluation.

Key words: key competency, social responsibility, value competency, curriculum reform