Postgraduate education is the highest level in China’s higher education and to some extent represents the quality of educational development in a country.Based on the brief review of history in China’s postgraduate education development,this paper analyzes the status quo and problems in postgraduate education of China.Finally,based on the following four aspects:quality of postgraduate education,construction of research-oriented university,cultivation of high-level practical talents and supervisor’s responsibility,this paper puts forward some relevant countermeasures on how to promote the postgraduate education from the national level in the new era.