摘要:以市场经济为主导的改革开放在促进我国经济高速发展的同时，也加速了当代中国社会利益的分化，贫富差距日益悬殊。由此引发的弱势群体问题已成为当代中国独特而带有普遍性的社会热点问题，严重影响社会稳定、社会和谐与社会发展。理论界与学术界对此关注多年，近年来党和政府也开始全面而系统地解决中国弱势群体面临的诸多问题，并取得了一定的成效。但在和谐社会的时代背景下，基于政府视角，特别是对政府如何通过整体部署与体制性的构建来切实有效地解决弱势群体的权益保障问题的研究还不多见。
本文正是基于这样的考虑，在有目的的、分步骤地对现有文献资料进行分类、整理的前提下，采取理论分析法等方法，最终形成关于构建弱势群体权益保障机制的基本想法。
关键词：政府；弱势群体；社会正义；权益保障
Abstract:Market-oriented economy’s reform and opening up has promoted rapid economic development in China. At the same time, it has accelerated the process of the differentiation interests in contemporary Chinese society, resulting in the growing gap between rich and poor. This gap constitutes one of the important risk factors to impact on social stability, social harmony and social development. In a word, the question of Chinese vulnerable groups has become a social hot spot, which is unique and general. The question of Chinese vulnerable groups attracts the theory and academia’s continuing concern. In recent years the Party and the government do their best to solve many problems the vulnerable groups face, and they have made considerable results. In the context of the era of building a harmonious society, however, the study basing on the government perspective, particularly on how the Government deploys and builds system to protect the rights of vulnerable groups effectively is rare.
This article is based on this consideration. With theoretical analysis and other methods, I integrate theory with practice and the reality of information systems analysis and integration. I wish to form the basic idea of vulnerable groups’ rights protection mechanism.
Key words: Government; Vulnerable Groups; Social Justice; Interest and Right Protection
弱势群体救助问题的解决工作尚处在起步阶段，弱势群体问题也将随着我国社会主义市场化经济进程的加快而日益突出。本文基于政府视角研究当代我国弱势群体，通过借鉴西方发达国家经验教训、结合国内外已有研究成果、分析我国现有各项政策制度的利弊，提出完善我国政府救助弱势群体措施的对策。
理论意义。以中国特色社会主义理论和政府责任理论为指导，通过对当代我国政府对弱势群体问题的政策分析，总结经验、理清利弊，提出完善救助弱势群体措施的对策。可以在一定程度上丰富弱势群体研究的理论体系。对于提高人们对这一问题的认识又一定的启发作用，也有利于更好地解决弱势群体问题。
现实意义。弱势群体问题的实质是人权问题。弱势群体权利保障直接体现了法制的价值目标，加强弱势群体的保护是实现社会和谐的必然要求。本文就当代我国弱势群体相关问题的探讨，某种程度上能够使这一群体进一步得到政府和社会的关注，在解决方式上博采众长、群策群力。在科学理论的指导下提出解决当代我国弱势群体问题的一些有益提示，对于指导实践工作、推进我国政治稳定和社会和谐发展有一定的指导意义。
