Infrastructure safety and maintenance management(ISMM) is one of the most important parts for improving level of people's welfare. The government needs to set up their own improvement strategy for ISMM system. This study was initiated to suggest the strategy to improve ISMM system with long term perspective. In order to investigate the current status and problems of ISMM system, this study reviewed various literature related to the issues of the foreign ISMM systems and conducted the interview with ISMM experts. The strategy would be expected greatly to improve the safety and maintenance management system for domestic infrastructure.