介绍了创造力支持系统发展历程、创造力与创造性思维，综合研究了各类创造力支持系统，给出了创造力支持系统的构成要素、体系结构，并以构建系统用于电力系统故障分析实例研究，阐述了创造力支持系统对专家思维的支持过程。为创造力支持系统开发实现与应用提供参考。

This paper introduces the development of creativity support system, creativity and creativity thinking, studies many kinds of creativity support systems, and gives out the major elements and architecture of creativity support system. Based on the results of this paper, one creativity support system for power system fault analysis was built. And the procedure of creativity support was provided in this paper. This paper will provide reference for building the creativity support system.