The combustion is one of the basic courses of thermal power engineering,and experimental teaching is an important part of the course,and it is an effective way to improve students' innovative ability.With regard to the characteristics of combustion theory teaching,the course has reformed and innovated mainly from the aspects of experiment content,teaching methods,assessment methods.Au these measures strengthens the comprehensiveness of experimental and the close link between the experimental and the theoretical courses.The teaching practice shows that the courses plays an important role in developing student's capabilities of processing practical engineering problems and innovative spirit.