Abstract: China is a large agricultural country and uses every year a tremendous amount and a huge variety of pesticides, which has resulted in serious ecological environment pollution. For a long time China has not been paying enough attention to the management of pesticides, leading to an imperfect pesticide management system. In the world, there are some countries, such as USA, Sweden and Japan, who have established fairly sound pesticide management systems and accumulated some successful experience in this aspect. These may serve as good reference for China in establishing its own pesticide management system.

Key words: environmental management, Japan, pesticide, Sweden, USA