The invention provides a drying system and a paper making method for drying wet paper sheets through the drying system. The drying system comprises a drying cylinder, a first air cover, a second air cover and an air supply pipeline. The first air cover and the second air cover are arranged on the periphery of the drying cylinder and used for drying the wet paper sheets passing through the periphery of the drying cylinder. The air supply pipeline is used for supplying hot air with different temperature and humidities to the first air cover and the second air cover. Compared with the prior art, the drying system and the making method for drying the wet paper sheets through the drying system have the advantages that the multiple air covers are arranged, different hot air is fed to the different air covers to dry the wet paper, and the paper powder phenomenon produced due to fiber fracture and disengagement in the drying process can be effectively prevented.