Objective To analyze the "going out"strategy of Chinese medicine and the research hotspot of the national "Belt and Road"construction

and to provide suggestions and countermeasures for the international communication and international recognition of Chinese medicine. Methods The relevant literatures were searched in China National Knowledge Infrastructure（ CNKI） with"Belt and Road"and"Chinese Medicine"as the subject terms or the keywords. After data cleaning and filtering

through high-frequency word analysis

keyword clustering and visual analysis

the knowledge map of the "going out"strategy of Chinese medicine and the national "Belt and Road"construction research was drawn by years. Results A total of 255 papers were included

most of which were published during 2015—2018. Keywords and knowledge maps were analyzed according to a time period every two years.The main keywords in 2015—2016 were "Belt and Road"（ 55）

Chinese Medicine（ 10）

and World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies（ 9）. The main keywords in 2017—2018 were "Belt and Road"（ 119）

Chinese Medicine（ 43）

and Chinese medicine culture（ 17）. The knowledge map identified Chinese medicine service trade

Chinese medicine culture communication

Chinese medicine internationalization

Chinese medicine industry

Chinese medicine education

and traditional medicine as the hot research direction in 2015—2018

and the continuity was considerable. Conclusion In the research of "going out"strategy of Chinese medicine and the national "Belt and Road"construction research

it is still necessary to inherit development

develop and innovate

improve standards

so as to achieve mutual benefit and win-win

and co-construction and mutual sharing.