Role theory is one of the basic theories in sociology. As an important leader, the secretary of Communist Party in Chinese universities has his own role. He is the one who should be the image of a university,a firm practitioner of university policies, a supporter of administrative decisions. However, nowadays, there has some problems of the secretary of Communist Party in Chinese universities who is lack of culture literacy, has fuzzy self-awareness and cannot get along well with the university president. As a result, the secretary of Communist Party in Chinese universities had better improve himself, get a good understanding of his own responsibilities and try to establish a friendly and harmonious relation with the university president.