Objective To investigate the current needs for early childhood care and education Xuhui district,Shanghai,and to clarify the relative factors,in order to provide suggestion for the valid supply of early childhood care and education service. Methods A total of 1 869 parents for children under 3 years old were recruited in 13 streets of Xuhui district in Shanghai in June 2019 by multi-stage sampling method,and were asked to fill out the questionnaire online. Results Totally 51.4% families were willing to send their children to the childcare institutions,Among them,44.4% of parents expected their children to be enrolled at the age of 1 to 2 years old,and 45.9% expected their children to be enrolled at the age of 2 to 3 years old. Moreover,52.3% parents would like to use early childcare services in nursery classes of kindergartens,while 93.7% parents preferred the institution that provided meals during the care period. In terms of the admission fee,the maximum affordable fee for childcare services was 2 000-4 999 yuan per months for 60.9% families. The higher the maximum monthly cost a family can afford,the more likely they were to utilize childcare institutions (OR=1.47,95%CI:1.22-1.78). Mothers who have a nine-to-five job were 4.20 times more likely to use childcare institutions than those who do not work (OR=4.20,95%CI:2.92-6.06). Conclusions Increasing the community-based early childhood care and inclusive childcare will enhance the accessibility and availability of child-care services supply. Moreover,the needs of working mother should be taken into consideration.