Objective To analyze the Chinese Medicine inheritance research status after the founding of new China. Methods The research literature of Chinese Medicine inheritance from January 1949 to December 2016 in CNKI was analyzed. The number of the year distribution of the literature included was calculated respectively. The literature was classified by the nature and type of literature. Results A total of 2401 literatures were included. The average literature publishing number from 1950 to 1982 was less than 1. The average literature publishing number from 1983 to 2007 was 26. The average number from 2008 to 2016 was 192. There were 2360 articles（ 98. 5%） of qualitative research

41 articles（ 1. 7%） of quantitative research

41 articles（ 1. 7%） of survey reports

243 articles（ 10. 1%） of the experience summary

301 articles（ 12. 5%） of theoretical analysis

288 articles（ 12. 0%） of historical review and analysis

1465 articles（ 61. 0%） of personal experience and 63 articles（ 2. 6%） of the policy analysis. Conclusion After the founding of new China

the number of research literatures about Chinese Medicine inheritance showed a rising trend. Qualitative research and personal experience-based research were the main research methods and quantitative research needed to be strengthened.