Abstract: This article introduces the ventilation mode and ventilation system arrangement in different mining process conditions of short-wall mining with continuous miner at home and abroad, and analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of different ventilation mode and optimization method. It point that the ventilation system will have higher reliability and stability with canceling the coal pillar setting between tunnels, reasonable control of of branch tunnel roof caving, digging the boundary return air channel or dual branch tunnel layout mining and the system built by mine full air pressure.