Shandong has made a series of historic progress in social construction during the 13th Five-Year Plan. All poor people below the provincial standard are lifted out of poverty ahead of schedule. People’s lives are more prosperous. The income gap between urban and rural residents has narrowed. New urbanization has made life better. The upgrading of consumption meets people’s needs for a better life，and the public service guarantee system for employment，education，medical care，and social security has been steadily improved. The party’s leadership advantages，system and mechanism advantages are transformed into social governance efficiency. A better-connected security network improves people’s sense of security. The lowering of the focus of social governance has effectively improved the satisfaction of the people. The integration and innovation of autonomy，rule of law，rule of morality，rule of wisdom achieved the unity of vitality and order. There is still a gap in the income level of Shandong’s residents compared with those in the advanced provinces，and there are still shortcomings in employment，education，health care，and social security. The elderly service system needs to be improved urgently. The responsiveness to problems at the basic level，social coordination and the public participation need to be improved. To achieve the 14th Five-Year Plan’s goal of “being at the forefront” in areas of governance efficiency and improvement of people’s livelihood，efforts should be made to increase the income level of residents，especially the ones with low income and farmers；to stabilize and expand employment through employment and entrepreneurship policies，service systems，lifelong vocational skills training，labor security supervision；to improve multi-level social security guided by fairness，unity and sustainability；and to let education play a better role as the driving force in the making of innovative province. It also needs to focus on actively responding to the aging of the population by restructuring the community elderly care service system，favoring the rural elderly，and developing the silver economy. It is important to innovate the basic-level social governance system and mechanism guided by solving the most emergent and worried problems of the public，to promote the expansion and empowerment of townships，and to strengthen social coordination and public participation.