Abstract:Research priority setting has always been the focus issue of research management. On the base of research review, this paper focuses on six common mistakes in domestic relevant practices, including value criteria, connotation recognition, participation mechanism, evaluation method, resource allocation and implementation mechanism. Some suggestions are proposed in the context of China, including pay more attention to the value orientation, the structural relationship and methodology. Specifically, to optimize priority areas combination, improve public participation, improve the design of "subtraction" process, strengthen the linkage with resource allocation, and enhance the arrangement of implementation mechanism