Mentally handicapped persons in China have been neglected for a long time and excluded from education and employment. In the past half century，they have gradually received social attention，received education，recovered and entered employment. The initial employment of mentally handicapped people starts from sporadic cases，and it is difficult to break through the 4% employment curse for a while. With the change of social concepts，the continuous improvement of relevant laws，the development of vocational education after compulsory education，and the employment transfer support of employment counselors，the employment rate of mentally handicapped persons has been continuously improved. In order to further enhance the employment rate of people with mental disabilities and improve the quality of employment，China should develop integration-based supportive vocational education in the whole life cycle education system，pay attention to individualized employment transfer support，and strengthen the construction of support system in employment and social life.