Abstract:This paper studies relevant domestic literatures on new R&D institutions in China from 2001 to 2016, explores the origin of the concept of new R&D institutions through the CiteSpace visualization software and hot issues, analyzes the main research areas of the new R&D institutions in China. The results show that, researches on the domestic new R&D institutions are not only lack of basic and consensus work,but also lack of empirical analysis based on methods and data; besides, the research perspectives mainly focus on macro level, few microcosmic and specific study. On this basis, the paper summarizes and analyzes the deficiencies of current researches, and clearly points out the research direction in the future.