社会管理是国家公共事务管理的重要组成部分和政府的主要职能。加强和创新社会管理是统治者巩固和维持自身合法性的需要。加强和创新社会管理关键在于优化社会政治关系,其根本目的在于推进社会公平正义。 Social management is an important part of state public affairs management and the government’s main function. To strengthen and innovate social management is the need of rulers to consolidate and maintain their own legitimacy. The key to strengthening and innovating social management lies in the optimization of social and political relations. Its fundamental purpose is to promote social fairness and justice.