By analyzing the origin, causes and the effects of American university board system, this paper puts forward that university board should play the key role about decision-making, counseling and democratic supervision in university management system of China, and coordinate the relationship between academic power and executive power.

Finally,we compare the current system in China with that abroad,point out the problems in China s board system,and find out the solutions to the problems.

The study about the system of board of directors in public universities in China has certain social backgrounds and actual requirements.

Legislative Analysis of Directors and Senior Managers Direct Responsibility for Shareholders;

Ownership of Directors, Corporate Governance and Performance: Theory and Experience;

On Director s Joint liability for Creditor in Public Company;

Researching of the mechanism of director s impunity;

Regulations on conflicting interests transactions between director and corporation;

According to "The Direction of the Articles of Listed Company" issued by The China Securities Regulatory Commission in 1997,a legal person is not eligible to be a board director,which has given rise to a lot of troubles and unnecessary disputes in practise.

In the structure of modern corporate govemance,the ownership and the power of operating are widespread disjunctive,and the board director s power inflates increasingly.