In this paper, we generalize the direct method of moving planes for the fractional Laplacian to the system case. Considering a coupled nonlinear system with fractional Laplacian, we first establish a decay at infinity principle and a narrow region principle. Using these principles, we then obtain two radial symmetry results for the decaying solutions of the fractional Laplacian systems. Finally, we apply our method to fractional Schrodinger systems and fractional Henon systems. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.