The history of the establishment of foodborne disease outbreak monitoring system in the United States was introduced and the surveillance data of foodborne disease outbreaks in the United States from 2011 to 2017 were analyzed and compared with that in China. It was found that there were obvious differences in the characteristics of surveillance data of foodborne disease outbreaks between China and the United States in the same period， and microbial pathogenic factors were the main cause of foodborne disease outbreaks. Facing the challenges of global trade integration and post epidemic era of COVID-19， China’s foodborne disease outbreak monitoring system should accelerate the use of new technologies to improve the ability of identification and early warning， and foodborne disease outbreak data results should further play the technical support role in the formulation of relevant food safety management measures in China.