With the rise of globalization and knowledge economy, science and technology have become the key to determine the competitive position of enterprises, and the quality and vitality of employees have also become the foundation of enterprise development. The use of incentive mechanism determines the success or failure of enterprises to a certain extent, so how to use incentive mechanism has become an important issue for everyone. This paper will expound the important value of employee motivation, analyze the existing problems of employee motivation in China enterprises, and put forward some suggestions for improvement, hoping to motivate employees more effectively, form a positive incentive mechanism, improve employee performance, and finally achieve sustainable development.