The crux of innovation and entrepreneurship education within universities lies in nurturing individuals, thereby upholding the initial purpose and fundamental essence of education while concurrently fostering innovation and entrepreneurial capacities. This paper seeks to elucidate the backdrop of innovation and entrepreneurship education in Chinese universities, chronicle its evolutionary trajectory and associated research, depict the present status and specific advancement of innovation and entrepreneurship education in these institutions, encapsulate its emblematic models and distinguishing features, and scrutinize the extant quandaries besetting innovation and entrepreneurship education in Chinese universities. By critiquing prevalent disorder and delving into the underlying rationales, it underscores the imperative to reorient towards the authentic core of innovation and entrepreneurship education. This exposition furnishes insights for the global academic community to comprehend innovation and entrepreneurship education in Chinese universities, offers theoretical underpinnings for a foundational comprehension of innovation and entrepreneurship education, and proffers discernible reference for the implementation of analogous initiatives across diverse international academic landscapes.