Drainage continuity is very important for coalbed methane extraction. However, the well shut?in is unavoidable when draining. How to drain and draw up a reasonable drainage system after reopening the well are significant to increase gas production. Based on the analysis of coalbed methane production stage theory, combined with the field data about well shut?in, at the same time, numerical simulation method was used to study the change of reservoir parameters during well shut?in. The results show that well shut?in obviously changes the reservoir physical parameters,which causes the water saturation of the coal near the wellbore to increase, and the well bottom pressure increases. At the same time, it causes the re?adsorption of free gas near the wellbore and reduces the gas seepage capacity. Therefore, rapid drainage after reopening the well is helpful to dredge the flow channel of gas, improve gas flow capacity and increase gas production.