Abstract: Things will be done by halves if strengthening the social management is misunderstood as increasing the power of control.Aiming at solving this problem,a successful experience provided by the developed countries is to put the social management on the basis of the social welfare construction.The social welfare construction can significantly ease social tensions.And only in this way,can the social management be perfectly done.China is now in the time of obvious contradiction,the goal of the social management is to narrow the gap between the different levels in the society and improve the social welfare.