和谐社会的核心价值是利益和谐。利益和谐是指多元化利益的相互博弈、对话和妥协,进而达成某种利益矛盾的统一共识。利益和谐的前提和基础,取决于利益主体闽的各种利益诉求均有合法通畅的表达渠道。立法听证作为一种科学化、民主化和正当化的公众利益表达制度,可以将各种利益的冲突与矛盾纳入合法有序的制度环节而予以妥善解决,其对构建和谐社会具有十分重要的意义和价值。
Interest coordination,core of social harmony,means the universal acknowledgement of each other's interest among plural interest groups,the agreement achieved through conservations and compromises.And the prerequisite of it is the legitimate expression channel,through which benefit demands of any kind can be filed without fail.As a scientific,democratized and legitimate form of interest expression,legislative hearing system is able to bring conflicts and contradictions among every interest group into a consummate solution through a lawful procedure and thus plays an important role in the construction of a harmonious society.