China's higher education system is marked by significant progress during the recent years while still baffled by some long-standing problems.The knotty and most widely discussed one is the transformation from a test-oriented education pattern to a more practical and experience-focused one that places more emphasis on cultivation of students' creativity and self-culture of personal quality.The high unemployment rates of graduates suggests an effective and radical reform of the old way of teaching.Innovative thoughts and measures are in urgent need to be introduced to the near-rigid system as a way to foster new thoughts and impel the training of practical skills. China's higher education system is marked by significant progress during the recent years while still baffled by some long-standing problems.The knotty and most widely discussed one is the transformation from a test-oriented education pattern to a more practical and experience-focused one that places more emphasis on cultivation of students' creativity and self-culture of personal quality.The high unemployment rates of graduates suggests an effective and radical reform of the old way of teaching.Innovative thoughts and measures are in urgent need to be introduced to the near-rigid system as a way to foster new thoughts and impel the training of practical skills.