Abstract: This paper probes into the evolution of the relationship between government and university, and points out that university is always in a passive position. The autonomy power got by university is limited and relative. The cont-radication of government control and university autonomy is the core of the relationship in the past, at present and in future. The historical experience shows that government must keep university running by its own law. If it wants to reach the goal, and meanwhile if university wants to gain autonomy, it must exert wide effects on society. Only in this way can government and university develop harmoniously.