Abstract: As an important part of higher education, graduate education is a key link to train high-level talents, promote scientific and technological innovation and social progress. However, most of the traditional graduate education models focus on the quantitative evaluation of test scores and academic achievements, resulting in students'“passive examination”often occurs, causing students to lack innovation and practical abilities, further in-depth research is needed on how to enhance students’ innovation and practical abilities. Therefore, this paper discusses the transformation of graduate education from the traditional“passive examination”mode to the“active innovation” mode, analyzes the necessity and implementation strategy of this transformation, puts forward a graduate education mechanism with innovation ability training as the core, and gives specific implementation paths and suggestions.

Key words: Graduate education, Education reform, Innovation ability, "Passive examination", "Proactive innovation", Cultivation mechanism