Withthedramaticincreaseofthenumberofindividualsgoingabroad，theprotectionofthein-terestsofoverseas ChinesehasgraduallybecomethesubjectofgreatconcerntoChina'sgovernment. The protectionoftheinterestsofoverseas Chineseincludediplomaticprotection，consularprotectionandemer-gency protection. These three methods not only interrelated but differentiated，and in recent international events thee mergencyp ro te ctionmechanismhas beenshowingitsrealityandpracticality. Thisarticle starts withthedefinitionofemergencyprotection，throughanalyzingthepracticeofothercountriesandour country，then puts forward the signifi cance of perfecting emergency protection and the responding prac-tices .