关键词: 社会转型, 风险治理, 和谐社会

Abstract: Rapid development and changes are characteristics of a transitional society, which may incur social risks. The author points out that social risks are inevitable in modern society, especially during the transitional stage when a society develops from a traditional one into a modern one. Social risks in a society are usually negatively correlated with the degree of social harmony. In a transitional society, two types of social risks are generally identified, namely, internal risks and introduced risks. In China, these risks are embodied in the forms of management risks, system risks, structure risks and environment risks. These social risks should be properly governed before construction of harmonious society can be realized. Measures of governing include control of social risks, distribution of social risks, and digest of social risks.

Key words: social transition, governing with risks, harmonious society