Abstract: The frequent occurrence of group events and the growth of social instability lead us to rethink the relationship between government and society, to realize the modernization of management of group events and to increase the government's legitimacy and enhance social vitality. In order to explain the group events of four types we have collected, this paper constructs the framework of theoretical analysis between government and society. The study has found that contemporary China is characterized by strong government and weak society at the macro level while at the micro level the presence of the strong local government with the features of autonomy, self-interest and independence leads to different types of group events. This paper thinks that the path of harmonious relationship for government and society lies in five parts, that is, government activity, multivariate subjects in governance, system of governance, hierarchy in conflicts mediation and the governance assessment in social contradiction.