Standing at the historical intersection of the “two centenary” goals，Henan private higher education has made new achievements in Ideological and political work，education and teaching，“new engineering，new medicine，new agriculture，new liberal arts” and “first-class undergraduate majors”，“first-class courses” construction，social services，etc.，accelerating the transformation and development to an application-oriented university. During the “14th five year plan” period，opportunities and challenges coexist in Henan private higher education，and new and old problems interweave. With the reform entering the deep water area，the main factors restricting the development of private higher education in Henan province include the imperfection of modern university system，the lack of innovation of system mechanism and development mode，the lag of governance capacity construction，the coexistence of difficulty in talent introduction and serious brain drain，the need to improve the quality of education and talent cultivation，and the weakness of social service ability. The reform and development of Henan private higher education cannot do without the support of Party committees and governments at all levels. What’s more，it needs to strengthen its own connotation construction，improve the modern university system，innovate the school running system and mechanism，build a contingent of excellent cadres，promote the transformation of teaching staff，deepen the reform of education and teaching，improve the level of social service，and take the road of differentiation，characteristics，high quality and high level development.