The operation of the key construction system of higher education in China can be divided into three stages: the self - ex- ploration stage under the influence of the Soviet Union,imitating the European and American stage,and running universities in China stage. Artificially designed system formation mechanism,the logic accumulating effectiveness in Legality of system operation and the commonness of the institutional change of supply leading type are showed in different stages,during which the change and interaction of the actors“force”,“profit”,“meaning”and“meaning”constitute the power and source of the system innovation. Entering the double first - class stage,the point of the system innovation lies in how to form the Chinese road and model of the key construction system of higher education,and the key to the construction of the system is the confidence of the system.