The invention discloses a multi-user supported searchable encryption system and method and accordingly the problem that specific encrypted files cannot be searched accurately in the prior art is mainly solved. The multi-user supported searchable encryption system comprises a credible authorization center TA, service providers and users; the credible authorization center TA is formed by a system initialization module, a secret key generation and management module and a user information management module; the service providers comprise a file server and a management server; the users comprise data providers and data receivers. The multi-user supported searchable encryption method comprises the steps of system initialization, secret key distribution, file encryption, business outsourcing, file retrieval, user decryption and user logout and adding. According to the multi-user supported searchable encryption system and method, the file retrieval time of the users is shortened due to the establishment of a key word index on files, the storage and computational overhead of the users is reduced due to the accurate file retrieval, the file retrieval is accurate, meanwhile the forward and backward security of the files is ensured, and meanwhile the multi-user simultaneous decryption is supported.