The invention provides a fetus chromosome detecting method based on DNA variation counting. The method comprises the steps of obtaining and sequencing free DNA of plasma in a peripheral blood sample of a pregnant woman, comparing the free DNA of the plasma with human reference sequences, namely DNA long sequences on 24 chromosomes, counting the number of variation in the free DNA of the plasma andconducting comparison. The invention further discloses a system for achieving the detecting method. The system comprises a DNA short sequence data input module, a module for positioning short sequences on the long sequences, a module for founding sequence difference, a difference screening module, a first counting module and a second counting module, wherein the modules are sequentially and electrically connected. According to the fetus chromosome detecting method based on DNA variation counting and the system for achieving the method, by detecting chromosomes in peripheral blood of the pregnant woman, whether there is chromosome abnormality or not in a fetus is judged, thus harmful effects on the pregnant woman and the fetus in a detecting process are greatly reduced, and by calculatingthe variation number to judge the chromosome abnormality of the fetus, compared with a method that a sequence number is calculated simply, the fetus chromosome detecting method based on DNA variationcounting is more accurate.