Nowadays， governance theory characterized by the joint participation of multiple subjects has been gradually integrated into the development of health cause. Based on the first step of the comprehensive method in the theory of social system engineering， we took literature collection and analysis as the specific research method， and divided information， data and practical experience related to public health governance into “policy documents”“theoretical contention” and “governance practice”. Then， three characteristics of public health governance were put forward， including object comprehensiveness and subject coordination， omni?directional governance and vertical continuity， governance professionalism and scientific decision?making. Meanwhile， the content and relationship of five governance elements were clarified， namely the manpower， materials， financial， information and knowledge， and technology flow. Finally， we put forward some governance suggestions， such as combining comprehensive governance with differentiated governance， attaching equal importance to resource integration and element coordination， and combining “peacetime normal governance” with “wartime extraordinary governance”.