The public is the main force to achieve the target of earthquake prevention and disaster reduction in the National Significant Seismic Monitoring and Protection Regions ( NSSMPR) and to enhance the capacity of earthquake prevention and disaster reduction． The public cognition in NSSMPR is related to the propaganda of earthquake prevention and disaster reduction inseparably． Through the survey，we found some problems． For example，some public cognition and attention to NSSMPR and related knowledge on earthquake prevention and disaster reduction are not enough，the public' s competency of earthquake prevention and disaster reduction is relatively low，and the propaganda content of NSSMPR is not comprehensive，the ways and means of the propaganda are relatively simple． We therefore suggested to strengthen the propaganda of NSSMPR，enrich the propaganda content of earthquake prevention and disaster reduction， diversify propaganda ways and means，and improve the education system of the propaganda of earthquake prevention and disaster reduction．