In this paper, the core journal papers on “geoparks” and “geological relics” collected in CNKI database in the past 20 years are taken as the research objects, and the bibliometrics method is applied to carry out the review research on the number of papers, journals, main authors, key words and main institutions in the field of geoparks. CiteSpace software is used for keyword co- occurrence, clustering analysis, keyword time zone view and other visual operations. The clustering results show that the research highlights in the field of geopark in China include: “geopark planning”，“geological relic protection”, “relic resource research”，“ Geopark Tourism ” and “sustainable development”. By analyzing the evolution of key words, the study of geopark can be divided into the following three stages: "planning and construction period" & "in- depth improvement period" and "market development period". Finally, based on the summary of the hot spots and related research, three potential hot spots are proposed, which are "Tourism Development Research"&"related theory construction" and " Diversified landscape system ".