ObjectiveTo understand the demands for health emergency training of general practitioners in Nanning grassroots medical and health institutions, and to provide reference for the implementation of health emergency training for general practitioners. MethodsA questionnaire survey was performed on general practitioners from Nanning grassroots medical and health institutions to investigate their demands for health emergency training, and to understand their opinions on necessity of health emergency training and willingness for participating in health emergency training, as well as their demands for training forms and methods. The competency on emergency situations was compared between general practitioners with different training frequencies.ResultsA total of 422 research subjects were enrolled, of which 415 (98.34%) general practitioners thought that health emergency training was necessary, and 411 (97.39%) general practitioners were willing to participate in health emergency training. There was no statistically significant difference in necessity and willingness for participating in health emergency training between general practitioners with different gender, age, educational level, professional title, and working years (P>0.05). There were statistically significant differences in the choice of training methods between general practitioners with different gender, age, educational level, professional title, and working years (P<0.05). ConclusionIt is necessary to increase the opportunities for health emergency training for general practitioners from grassroots medical and health institutions, create various forms of training courses for personnel with different ages and professional titles by making full use of online courses to improve the training effectiveness, strengthen targeted guidance according to specific situations in various regions, and enhance the health emergency response capabilities of grassroots medical and health institutions.