The research of transgenic technology has gradually formed a certain scale. But actually the popularization of transgenic technology has been set with difficulties,which frustrated scientists of this field and additionally failed to convince the public. It’s an extremely urgent task to popularize transgenic technology. Based on data attained from questionnaires and interviews,this paper analyzed the obstacles and causes for the popularization of transgenic technology in terms of social environment and communication elements from the perspective of risk communication. It further proposed to strengthen the public reliability of biotechnology and products,establish specialized communication platform,provide objective and easy-understood information,exercise interactive advantages and concerted efforts of new media,communicate with the public equally and put emphasis on public feedback.