Abstract: In promoting the formation of the internal governance pattern of "leadership by the Party committee, responsibility by the president, governance by professors and democratic management" in Chinese universities, democratic management is an important part ofit.From the perspective of "university governance", democratic management is the natural choice for the internal governance of universities; there is still a gap between the current situation of democratic management in Chinese universities and the requirements of modern university system, and the relationship between democratic management and the leadership of the party committee, the responsibility of the president, the rule of professors and democratic supervision needs to be properly handled.

Key words: university governance, democratic management, theoretical logic, practical direction