Risk assessment plays an important role in the controlling of infectious diseases outbreaks and the building of professional team capabilities in Fuyang.In August 2012,a pilot project for public health risk assessment of emergencies was conducted in Fuyang,which identified,analyzed and evaluated the risk of infectious disease outbreaks and other emergencies.This article summarized the domestic research on risk assessment of epidemic situation,and its implementation process in Fuyang over the past 12 years.We explored the practices and main problems with risk assessment of epidemic situation in Fuyang,thus to provide reference to effectively carry out risk assessment of epidemic situation in grass-roots disease prevention and control institutions.The practice suggests that departmental attention and innovative forms are the basic guarantees for implementation of infectious diseases epidemic risk assessment in Fuyang.The professional competence and financial support are important factors affecting the infectious diseases epidemic risk assessment work.It should be improved from multiple aspects such as institutional mechanisms,professional competence,financial support,assessment methods and tools,and the utilization of results.The important role of risk assessment in grass-roots infectious diseases prevention and control should be fully utilized,to guard the first line of grass-roots epidemic prevention and control.