Human society faces a growing number of risks, including both natural disasters and risks that stem from human behavior. This is particularly true in China, which is experiencing rapid social, economic and political transitions. Since the 1970s, China’s modernization process has been accompanied by the emergence of an increasing number of man-made risks, in particular environmental pollution, but until very recently, a risk management system did not exist in China. Society was woken up by a series of disasters and accidents, including SARS in 2003, followed by the explosion of avian flu and the chemical spill in the Songhua River in 2005. The last incident in particular finally kicked off the development of a national risk management system (specifically an emergency response system) in China. This paper analyses the status quo of the legislation, institutions and mechanisms for risk management in China and identifies opportunities and strategies for prioritizing and integrating environmental and health risks into the emerging system. The study concludes that although a series of alarming incidents have succeeded in putting risk management issues at the top of the public and political agenda, currently risk management in China can be characterized as reactive and compartmentalized, with a lack of prioritization and integration of policy efforts and resources. There is also a danger that the traditional state- centered approach may fail to create an effective risk management system, which requires improved transparency, accountability, and cross-sectoral coordination. The paper concludes with the proposal of strategies that might enable the environmental authorities to be more effective and reduce their marginalization and isolation.

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人类社会面临着越来越多的风险，包括自然灾害和风险，从人的行为干。这是特别真实的中国，正在经历的社会，经济和政治的快速转换。 70年代以来，中国的现代化进程一直伴随着越来越多的人为风险，特别是环境污染的出现，但直到最近，风险管理体系不存在于中国。社会被吵醒了一系列灾害和意外事故，包括2003年的非典，随后禽流FL爆炸u和松花江的化学品泄漏事件在2005年的最后一个事件，特别是网络应受拉开序幕国家风险管理的发展系统（具体来说应急响应系统）在中国。本文分析了立法，体制和机制的现状进行风险管理在中国的优先考虑和整合环境和健康风险进军新兴系统identi音响ES机会和战略。这项研究的结论是，尽管一系列令人震惊的事件，已经成功地将风险管理问题，在公众和政治议程的首要位置，在中国目前的风险管理可以被定性为无功和条块分割，与缺乏优先顺序，并融合政策的力度和资源。还有一种危险，那就是传统的政府为中心的做法可能无法形成有效的风险管理体系，这就需要提高透明度，问责制和跨部门协调。本文的结论与策略可能使环保部门能够更有效，减少他们的边缘化和孤立的建议。