With the development of urbanisation in China, social risk issues have emerged, posing new challenges to governance. The central government attaches great importance to social risk management, and in the 14th Five-Year Plan, the role of the government is clearly defined to improve grassroots governance. Preventing and resolving social risk issues is conducive to maintaining social stability and security, and collating and improving the current state of research is important for future research on grassroots risk governance.