OBJECTIVE: To probe into the situation of drug risk communication home and abroad and to provide reference systematic construction of risk communication in China. METHODS: Content analysis of document study was used to study foreign risk communication method in drug risk management. Related situations in China were compared one another. RESULTS & CONCLUSIONS: Completive drug risk communication systems and methods had been set up in America,Canada and Australia and they had successful experiences in risk information collection, establishment of risk communication platform and risk communication decision, etc. It is urgent to establish the drug risk communication systems based on China’s actual conditions by building up risk communication platform, enforcing the duty consciousness of drug manufacturers, guiding the public realization and strengthening international cooperation, etc.