统计行政管理部门于1998年8月开始审批涉外社会调查项目和审核调查结果。8年来,涉外社会调查管理对维护国家安全、促进改革开放发挥了积极作用,但在实践中也暴露出不少问题,妨碍着管理工作的深入开展。这些问题的产生,主要是对社会调查及其管理认识不清造成的,因此很有必要加以 The statistical administrative department started to examine and approve foreign-related social investigation projects and examine the findings of the investigation in August 1998. In the past eight years, investigation and management of foreign-related social surveys played an active role in safeguarding national security and promoting the reform and opening up. However, in practice, many problems were exposed that impeded the further development of management. These problems are mainly caused by unclear understanding of social surveys and their management and it is therefore necessary to