Abstract:Selecting relevant documents collected by CNKI from 2012 to 2018, using visualization software Citespace to do quantitative analysis of the database by us, to sort out and comment on the subject classification, research process, research technology and methods, and research results of the pastoral complex in China. The results showed that: ①With 2017 as a watershed, the number of research literature on rural complexes in China was increasing rapidly; ②Research institutions of rural complexes in China were mainly distributed in universities, among which the number of papers issued by China Agricultural University is the highest; ③Pastoral complexes, pastoral, creative agriculture, rural tourism, farmers’ cooperatives and rural wereas are the research areas of rural complexes in recent years. High frequency vocabulary. Our country’s pastoral complex research perspective tends to be diversified, and presents a trend of interdisciplinary. However, our country’s pastoral complex theoretical innovation research, methodological innovation research and practical path research were the areas we need to focus on in the future. ④A set of development model of rural complex construction, which is widely applicable to rural areas and has core competitiveness and strong viability Were Summarized and sorted out.