Abstract:The addictive manufacturing differences of China and American are revealed by analyzing SCI journal articles and patents.The paper amount, time distribution, nation cooperation, author organization and highly cited papers are applied to analysis the SCI journal articles. The patent data from DII are compared by applied patent quantity, priority year, IPC, assignees. It finds that China has certain advantages in metallic components addictive manufacturing and high polymer materials. Meanwhile, China has not established widely international cooperation and lacks enterprises with global view and international competence. We should strengthen the full implementation of national macro-policies, catch the early-development advantage in biomedical addictive manufacturing, promote the industry-university-researcher cooperation and emphasize the integration of military and civilian industry.