A crucial lesson gained through the pandemic preparedness and response to COVID-19 is that all measures for epidemic control must be law-based. The legal system is related not only to public health emergency management per se but also to all aspects of the institutional supporting system throughout the lifecycle. Based on the lifecycle emergency management model, this article analyses the problems of the current legal system and the potential solutions. It is suggested that the lifecycle emergency management model shall be followed to establish a more comprehensive public health legal system and to gather the intelligence and consensus of experts with different expertise, including epidemiologists, sociologists, economists, jurist and others, which will collaboratively promote the science-based legislation in the field of epidemic preparedness and response for the establishment of a comprehensive legal system for public health emergency management and with Chinese characteristics.
新型冠状病毒感染大流行防范与应对的重要经验是“在法治轨道上统筹推进各项防控工作”。法律支撑体系贯穿于公共卫生治理和各个社会支撑体系的全周期和全领域。本文结合全周期应急管理模型，分析我国当前突发公共卫生事件应急管理法律体系存在的不足并探索完善路径，提出应遵循全周期管理模型进一步立法修法，汇聚流行病学、社会学、经济学和法学等各领域专家智慧与共识，在法治轨道上推动防控工作，并建立具有中国特色的突发公共卫生事件应急管理法律体系。.