This report uses analytic hierarchy process and index weighting method to evaluate and rank the level of urban social managementof 36 key cities in China，and analyses the results of evaluation. The index system includes three sectors，such as investment and development level，service and people's livelihood level，level of equity and security. It involves many factors，such as public input，social service，people's livelihood，social equity，social security and so on. The results reflect the phenomenon of “the contradiction between the growing demand for better life and the imbalance and inadequate development”. The level of urban social management is not matched with the level of economic development. In some economically developed cities，the development level of social management is insufficient. Urban social management and economic management did not achieve synchronous development.