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The professionalization of operator originated from Western countries, which relates the principal-agent theory and it is an efficient system to solve the separation between ownership and control problem. It is the symbol of modern enterprises system. With the marketing economy system and modern enterprises system being constructed, especially after China's entry into WTO, the problem of operator's professionalization has become the hotspot of social focus. However, in terms of theory and practice, there are still a series of key problems that haven't been broke through.Based on this background, with regard to the situation of China, this thesis applies theories of modem enterprise to explore the road of Chinese operator's professionalization, including the formation and development, connotation and characteristic of the system and environment support, the evaluation model of the development course, current status, environment, and sticking point of the operator's professionalization. First, this thesis studies the relevant theory problems of the operator's professionalization, by analyzing the historical background, evolutionary track, the trend of development, and the motivation of the operator's professionalization. Second, the thesis distinguishes a series of theory problems of operator's professionalization, including the connotation, extension, and basic characteristics of professionalization. Then, the evaluation index system of the operator's professionalization is constructed.Theoretical study indicates that the operator's professionalization is essentially a system concept, or a system arrangement. Therefore, the system and environment support of the operator's professionalization must be studied. From the point of system concept, the thesis proposes the system structure, system settings, system base and the concept of operating this system's environment support. Then, the...