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Ulrich Beck argues that the industrial society was transferred to the risk society. The principle of the industrial society is the distribution of wealth while that of the risk society is the distribution of risks. And the technological and economic developments create new risks. The risk society theory of Ulrich Beck has been developed in Western societies and can be applied to Western societies. The development of Korea are different from that of Western Countries. The Korean development is the characteristics of the rush to modernization or the compressed modernization. The compressed modernization deepens and enlarges risks. Chang, Kyung- Sup regards Korean society as complex risk society including risks of developed societies, of developing societies, and of Korean specialties. First, in developed societies, serious risks can be caused by gas, nuclear energy power, etc. And the means of transportation and a large size of architectures can cause serious accidents. Second, in developing societies, people easily experience risks caused by transportation, energy, production and environment. Third, in societies of compressed modernization, there are various risks caused by the development of fast speed. In China, there are many papers which focus on Chinese society in terms of risk society. However, few papers focus on the Chinese specialties of risk society. Few papers analyze the Chinese risk society based on the Chinese specialties of development. The Chinese development has both compressed modernization and system conversion. The Chinese system has changed from the socialist planned economy system to the socialist market economy system. The Chinese society does not only have the risks of compressed modernity existed in korea, but also has risks of system conversion. The Chinese society is more complex risk society than the Korean Society. In China, the risks of system conversion include risks caused by the existing socialist system, the introduction of market economy, and the combination of the existing socialist system and the newly introduced market economy. In China, both the Wenzhou High-Speed Train accident and the Smog problems are problems which do not include only the risks of developing societies and compressed modernization, but also the risks of system conversion.