Abstract:  Under the background of vigorously constructing “double first-class”  universities in China, the influence of talent flow on the development of universities is becoming more and more obvious The current situation and trend of talent flow in China are first summarized. Then, the internal mechanism of talent flow is deeply explored from three aspects of thrust, tension and impetus, and its influence is analyzed from positive and negative aspects In the end, the new mechanism of rational flow of talents from five different stages of talent introducing, talent using, talent retaining, talent releasing and talent sharing is explored The purpose of this research is to help to implement “double first-class” initiative with high quality practical, and further to promote the development of talented countries, educational powers and technological powers

Key words: universities, “double first-class&rdquo, initiative, talent flow