当前,社会各界对加强社会建设、创新社会管理的重要性和必要性已经基本达成共识,但对于社会建设和社会管理创新的长远方向和具体路径的认识仍然比较模糊。我们认为,社会建设的重点是社会公共服务的发展和完善。所谓“社会公共服务”(Social Public Services),就是直接提供给公民满足其在就业、健康、住房、教育、社会保障和社会照顾等方面需要的服务,大体与我们现在流行的说法“基本公共服务”相当。这些服务通常由各级政府有关部门来规划和提供资金,而其提供者则可以是公私 At present, all sectors of society have basically reached consensus on the importance and necessity of strengthening social construction and innovative social management. However, the understanding of the long-term direction and specific path of social construction and social management innovation is still rather vague. In our opinion, the focus of social construction is the development and improvement of social public services. The so-called “Social Public Services” is a service that is directly provided to citizens to meet their needs in terms of employment, health, housing, education, social security and social care, and is generally in line with what we now call “ Basic public service ”quite. These services are usually planned and funded by the relevant government departments at all levels, and their providers can be public-private