Abstract: Horizon Report for higher education was published on the website of the American Association for information technology in Higher Education in April, 2019. The report uses Delphi method to predict six trends that will affect the global higher education reform, six challenges that restrict the application of higher education technology and six technologies that will promote the education reform in 2019-2023. The six trends include rethinking the operation mode of colleges and universities, modularizing and decomposing degrees, promoting cultural innovation, learning measurement, and redesigning learning In terms of space and hybrid learning design, the six challenges include improving digital fluency, increasing demand for instructional design experts and digital learning experience, continuous development of educational and educational technology strategies, achievement gap, promoting digital equity and Rethinking of teaching practice, while the six technologies include mobile learning, analysis technology, hybrid reality, artificial intelligence, blockchain, etc. The report is rich in content and provides a strong reference and guidance for the development of educational technology. By reading and interpreting the report, this paper analyzes the influence of horizon report on the teaching and learning of higher education in China, in order to provide reference for the development of higher education in China.