论述了当前突发事件频发给人类造成的严重社会危害和信息时代为政府应对突发事件所带来的机遇与挑战;详述了信息时代政府应对突发事件的路径选择:充分利用先进的信息处理技术,建立包括应急准备、监测与预警、应急处置、恢复重建四个过程的突发事件应急管理信息系统。 Discusses the serious social harm caused by the current emergency and gives the opportunity and challenge for the government to deal with the emergent events in the information era. It also elaborates on the path selection that the government should deal with emergencies in the information era: makes full use of the advanced Information processing technology to establish an emergency management information system that includes emergency preparation, monitoring and early warning, emergency response and recovery and reconstruction.