With the earth science literatures published in China during 2013～2017 as the data which source from Chinese Science Citation Database (CSCD) database, this paper analyzed the development trend of China's earth science in recent five years using bibliometrical methods from the following aspects: the magnitude of the earth science literatures published in China, distribution of academic disciplines, key institutions, authors, research hot spots and the priority national funding fields. This study will provide references to understand the development trend of the earth science research in the future.