Abstract: The development of society and the progress of technology had brought convenience to our life, on the other hand, more potential health risks had come out. In order to better carry out risk management, public perceptions had been incorporated into the process of decision-making. This paper provided an overview on the development of research method for health risk perception, and summarized the research characteristics, hot spots and trends of health risk perception in four fields:disease, science and technology, life style and environment. Finally, based on current researches, comments and prospects were made to provide scientific references for the further development of researches on health risk perception.