Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China,General Secretary Xi Jinping,with a long-term vision,has discussed social governance on different occasions in the face of contemporary issues,forming an ideological system with complete structure,rich content,rigorous exposition,and profound thinking. From the perspective of theoretical analysis,these expositions insist on people-centeredness in the value dimension,implement multiple subject participation in the practical dimension,consider promoting the legalization of social governance in the target dimension,draw on the essence of traditional cultural governance in the historical dimension,and focus on diversified governance measures in the method dimension. The important exposition of General Secretary Xi Jinping on social governance is the new development of Chinese Marxist social governance ideas,which will help the steady progress of socialist social governance with Chinese characteristics and the further improvement of socialist governance system with Chinese characteristics.