In the current society, economic development in any region has to rely on higher education. Conversely, higher education cannot do without regional economic development in order to achieve greater progress in scale and level. Starting with the function of higher education in Wenzhou, this paper analyzes the reality and problems in Wenzhou's higher education and comes up with countermeasures for its further development in order to constantly promote the coordinative development of Wenzhou's higher education and regional economy.