The sudden COVID-19 pandemic has aggravated the global employment and income divide，and led to the accelerated intensification of various social conflicts and increasing political polarization. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the political and social development of countries around the world continues to deepen under the confluence of various factors，and the risks and challenges facing global political and social development continue to increase. In the post-COVID-19 era，the global situation of the spread of the pandemic，the development trend of political and social thinking in various countries，and national governance capacity and the progress of global governance reform will be the main factors affecting global political and social development. Looking ahead，considering that the factors affecting global political and social development in the post-COVID-19 era are unlikely to be fundamentally changed in the short term，global political and social inequality will remain prominent，global political and social risks will continue to rise，and global political and social development will not be able to make much progress.