The continued existence of emerging contaminants threaten the ecological safety and drinking water quality safety. This report generallize the sources，characteristics and hazards of typical emerging contaminants such as harmaceutical and personal care products，perfluorinated compounds，endocrine disrupter contaminants，carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons，brominated flame retardants，drinking water disinfection by-products，sunscreen/UV filters，artificial nanomaterials，gasoline additives，microplastics and other toxic substances，etc. In response to the current problems in the supervision，prevention and risk assessment of emerging contaminants，corresponding countermeasures and suggestions are proposed，mainly including the promotion of the establishment of corresponding environmental standards for emerging contaminants，the use of multiple technologies to deal with emerging contaminants，the establishment of dynamic monitoring database for emerging contaminants，and expanding the research area and research objects of emerging contaminants.