The invention discloses a testing system for critical pressure during thermal explosion of explosives. The testing system comprises a pressure-resistance heating unit, a pressure control unit, a sample loader unit, a decomposed product detection unit and a computer; the pressure-resistance heating unit comprises a single-cavity heating furnace body, wherein a temperature sensor which is connected with the computer is arranged in a furnace cavity, and temperature, temperature rise speed and pressure of the single-cavity heating furnace body are controlled by the computer; the pressure control unit comprises a high-pressure gas cylinder, a pressurizing gas channel pipe, a pressurizing electromagnetic valve, a heat conduction layer extension edge pressurizing pipe, a pressure-releasing gas channel pipe, a pressure-releasing electromagnetic valve, a safety valve gas channel pipe, a safety valve and a pressure sensor; the sample loader unit comprises an L-shaped bracket, a stepping motor, two fixed pulleys, a steel wire rope, a furnace cover, a sample reservoir bracket and a sample reservoir; the decomposed product detection unit comprises an infrared sensor which is arranged in the sample reservoir; and the computer is provided with a data acquisition card, a graphic display control and a data processing unit and can be used for identifying the critical state of thermal decomposition to combustion or explosion and acquiring a critical pressure parameter.