What are the social functions?

Legal analysis: (1) Functions of regulating social distribution and organizing social security. In other words, in order to ensure social equity, narrow the gap between regional development and personal income, the government uses various means to adjust social distribution and organize social security, thus improving the overall welfare level of society and ultimately achieving common prosperity. For example, the social security system (social insurance system, social welfare system, social relief system, social preferential treatment system) and the improvement of the system; Adjust the tax threshold to ensure the fairness of income redistribution; Equalization of urban and rural infrastructure construction.

(2) The function of protecting the ecological environment and natural resources. That is, the government restores, governs, supervises and controls the environmental deterioration and natural resources destruction caused by economic development, population expansion and other factors through various means, thus promoting the sustainable development of the economy. For example, the establishment of national parks and state-owned natural resource asset management and natural ecological supervision institutions; Ecological environment assessment before the construction of large-scale projects and supervision during the construction process; The ecological supervision department dynamically monitors the air pollution index of enterprises under construction.

(3) The function of promoting the establishment of socialized service system. That is, the government promotes the continuous improvement of social self-management ability by formulating laws, regulations and policy support. For example, the establishment of some social organizations; Establish non-governmental organizations, such as chinese young volunteers association, China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation and China Youth Development Foundation (CYDF); The improvement of community functions, services and organizational capabilities.

(4) Improve the quality of the population and implement the function of family planning. Family planning, that is, family planning according to the population policy, is also a major event related to the long-term development of the country. Its main contents and purposes are: advocating late marriage and late childbearing, fewer births and better births, including the construction of family planning legal system, formulating principles and policies, planning and organizing scientific research on family planning, and strengthening family planning publicity, consultation and technical services.

Legal basis: Article 89 of the Constitution of People's Republic of China (PRC) stipulates that the State Council shall exercise the following functions and powers:

(1) To stipulate administrative measures, formulate administrative regulations and issue decisions and orders in accordance with the Constitution and laws;

(2) To submit a motion to the National People's Congress or the NPC Standing Committee;

(three) to clarify the tasks and responsibilities of the ministries and commissions, to lead the work of the ministries and commissions in a unified way, and to lead the state administrative work that does not belong to the ministries and commissions;

(four) unified leadership of the work of local state administrative organs at all levels throughout the country, and the specific division of functions and powers between the central government and the state administrative organs of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government;

(five) the preparation and implementation of the national economic and social development plan and the national budget;

(six) to lead and manage economic work, urban and rural construction and ecological civilization construction;

(seven) the leadership and management of education, science, culture, health, sports and family planning;

(eight) the leadership and management of civil affairs, public security, judicial administration and other work;

(9) To manage foreign affairs and conclude treaties and agreements with foreign countries;

(10) To lead and manage national defense construction;

(eleven) to lead and manage ethnic affairs and ensure the equal rights of ethnic minorities and the autonomy of ethnic autonomous areas;

(twelve) to protect the legitimate rights and interests of overseas Chinese, and to protect the legitimate rights and interests of returned overseas Chinese and their relatives;

(thirteen) to change or cancel the inappropriate orders, instructions and rules issued by the ministries and commissions;

(fourteen) to change or cancel inappropriate decisions and orders of local state administrative organs at all levels;

(fifteen) to approve the regional division of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government, and to approve the establishment and regional division of autonomous prefectures, counties, autonomous counties and cities;

(16) Deciding to enter a state of emergency in parts of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government according to law;

(seventeen) to examine and approve the establishment of administrative institutions according to law, and to appoint, remove, train, assess and reward and punish administrative personnel;

(eighteen) other functions and powers granted by the National People's Congress and the NPC Standing Committee.