Thenearly30-yeareconomicgrowthmiraclebringstheconsequenttremendouspoor-richgapleadingstrongdrivesforsocialtransformationincurrentChina.Chinesetopleadershaverealizedtoincreasethepeoples'income,improvequalityoflifeandconstructa'harmonioussociety'askeymissionsespeciallyinrecent10years.Howtomeasureaharmonioussocietyisoneimportanttopicasdifferentmeasuresmayleadtodifferentdevelopmentpolicies.Thispaperoutlinesover10indicesrelevanttomeasureaharmonioussociety.Someareglobalindicators,whilesomearecontributedbydomesticresearchersandarousedebates.Mostofthoseindicatorsrequireconductingsurveysonsocialattitudesundermicrolevels,whichisalwaystimeconsumingwithproblemofdataquality.AsInternettechnologyadvancesprovidewaystorecordanddisseminatefreshcommunityideasandthoughtsconveniently,detectingtopicsoremotionsfromon-linepublicopinionsisbecomingatrendoronesupplementwaytoovercomethosedataacquisitionproblems.Thispaperdiscussesoneapproachtoon-linesocietalriskperceptionusinghotsearchwordsandBBSposts.Suchatrialaimstoprovideanotherwaytosocietalriskperceptiondifferentfromthoseintraditionalsociopsychologystudies.Challengesarealsoindicated.
