Distant-water fishery is a national strategic industry. China's distant-water fishery started at 1985, and after more than 30 years of development, it has now become one of the world's major distant-water fishery countries. Entering a new era, the development of China's distant-water fisheries is facing new situations and new tasks, and the state has made overall arrangements to promote the high-quality development (as HQD)of distant-water fisheries. Therefore, on the basis of summarizing and analyzing the current status and existing problems of China's distant-water fishery, this paper analyzes the industrial characteristics of distant-water fishery and the rich connotation of HQD to conceptualize the HQD of Chinese distant-water fishery and its industrial requirements. The results indicates that the HQD of distant-water fishery should develop three major industrial projects and establish three major guarantee systems. The three projects include modern ocean-going fishing fleets, quality control of fisheries products and comprehensive utilization with cold-chain systems, and zero-waste on fisheries production. While the three systems include the distant-water fisheries and environment monitoring system, the distant-water fishing and management monitoring system, and the global distant-water fisheries governance research institution. And suggestions and countermeasures for the HQD of China's distant-water fisheries are put forward from four aspects:industrial optimization, scientific and technological innovation, international fisheries governance, and institutional support system. This result of this study will be helpful to further understand and promote the HQD of China's distant-water fishery.