The Evidence-based Social Science, which is known as the third "scientific" wave of social sciences, is a new interdisciplinary subject that has gradually emerged with the development of Evidence-based Medicine in the late 1990s. It is still in its initial stage of development. Establishing discipline orientation, perfecting definition and concept, as well as constructing the methodology system is of great significance to fill the research gap and to promote the development of the Evidence-based Social Science. This paper introduces the concept and origin of Evidence-based Social Science, presents its development status from the concept using in evidence-based decision-making, evidence-based education, evidence-based law, and evidence-based social work, and explores the application of systematic review method in the fields. Through the analysis of the literatures collected by SCI and SSCI, it is found that the Evidence-based Social Science research and practice develops rapidly in international, and almost all the research fields are closely related to evidence-based practice. In comparison, it is fewer in China, and the research and practice is still in its infancy. For the Evidence-based Social Science, which is interdisciplinary field of multiple developmental significance and scientific value, these have broad development prospects and research space in scientific system construction, methodological theory exploration, high-quality evidence production, and evidence-based practice promotion.