科学合理地选择有代表性、信息量大的重要指标组成社会指标体系,对各地社会发展水平进行综合比较和评价,可以客观地反映各地社会发展的总体水平以及在全国各地区中的相对位置,评价社会各子系统之间相互协调的程度,从而揭示各地在社会发展过程中的优势和不足,监测社会问题,预测社会发展趋势,为决策提供科学依 Scientifically and reasonably selecting representative and informative indicators to form a social indicator system and conducting a comprehensive comparison and evaluation of the social development across the country, objectively reflecting the overall level of social development in various places and the relative positions in various regions of the country, Evaluation of the degree of coordination between the various subsystems of the community in order to reveal the advantages and disadvantages of various places in the process of social development, monitoring social issues, forecasting social trends and providing scientific basis for decision-making