Sustainable development of excellent talents in universites is the key factor influencing the quality of higher education.Based on both qualitative and quantitative analysis,this paper,through a case study in Huazhong Agricultural University,analyzed the status quo of construction of high-level excellent talents from the following three aspects:total number of talents,stability of talents and structure of talents.This paper finally put forward five problems existing in construction and sustainable development of excellent talents in universities of China.These five problems included insufficient investment from government,imperfect evaluation and motivation mechanism,incomplete platform construction and management efficiency,inadequate talent training and poor academic atmosphere,which will provide reference to the construction of talents in universities.