Day surgery is one of the key tasks of the national medical reform. It is still in the stage of rapid developing in the country. It is the responsibility of the large general hospitals to explore the effective management mode of the day surgery center to meet the clinical quality and safety. During the establishment and management of day surgery center in general hospital, it is needed to build a strong specialized day surgery team through professional training, and to establish a coordination and incentive mechanism for the cooperation between the day ward and the specialized subjects by introducing lean thinking strategy. According to the characteristics of day surgery, the clinical pathway management and the whole course rehabilitation and the health education system of day surgery are established. The formulate norms for medical records of day surgery will be built. The monitoring system for the efficiency and safety of day surgery is established to improve the medical quality and safety of day surgery. As a result, the model of day surgery that conforms to the medical characteristics of China will be established.