Objective To analyze the research status and future research trend of diabetes management in China. Methods A total of 8 551 relevant literatures published on China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) from 1982 to 2019 were retrieved with the key words of "diabetes management".CiteSpace software was used to draw the network knowledge map of authors,institutions and keywords,and then visual analysis was carried out. Results A total of 7 193 Chinese literatures were included for analysis after screening,the number of papers on diabetes management research was little before 2000,and then showed an upward trend.Among the authors,Sun Zilin published the most papers,and the Department of Endocrinology of West China Hospital of Sichuan University published the most papers,32 and 35 papers respectively.The top five high-frequency keywords were diabetes,type 2 diabetes,selfmanagement,health education and community.The top five burst terms were whole-process health education model,diabetics,blood glucose level,nursing management and the whole-process education. Conclusion Diabetes management research increasing attention in specialists and scholars at present,the research content in constant thorough and refinement,the future trend of research will pay more attention to the prevention of disease,but cooperation between the authors and institutions should be strengthened.