In 2020，the COVID-19 pandemic had a huge impact on Italy’s economic and social development，with the employment rate decreasing，the number of unemployed people increasing and self-employed people severely affected. To cope with the economic and social crisis caused by the pandemic，the Italian government implemented relatively precise and prudent income support policies based on the fragmented and unbalanced development of its welfare system. However，the sustainability of Italy’s income-support policies during the epidemic has caused doubts because of the concern about the enormous financial pressures. In this regard，the Commission of Experts set up by the Italian government to cope with the economic and social crisis has put forward relatively clear and definite proposals on the country’s welfare system reform：making businesses and individuals more competitive，boosting economic recovery and injecting more fiscal resources into the welfare system；at the same time，in the face of new risks and demands in the economic and social crisis，they propose the government to promote cultural transformation in labor market and gender equality，and then carry out structural reforms of the welfare state system on the basis of surpassing the limit of income support policies.