Abstract: The keyword search,Cite Space numerical analysis and statistic analysis combined study method was applied to count the coalbed methane literatures colle cted in the CNKI( China Knowledge Resource Integrated) Database from 2003 to 2013 and analyzed the study progress of China coalbed methane scale development in pa ssed ten years.The results showed that in China coalbed methane area,a three directional study on the geology and exploration,development technology,comprehensive uti lization and environment protection was concerned obviously with different degree.The concerned focal points were concentrated on Qinshui Basin and Ordos Basin as wel | as Tuha Area,Huainan and Huaibei Basins and other area and were expanded to Qianxi, Yuxi,Diandong,Dzungaria and other places. High attention was made on the study of the coalbed methane development technology and the hot concerned point steadily increased annually and the variation tendency were very obvious. Coal measure“coa lbed methane, shale gas and compact sandstone gas' 'simultaneous exploration and simultaneous mining were included in the study.The nonlinear increasing tendency of th e documents showed that in passed ten years,China's coalbed methane industry had experienced a disproportion development stage and a proportion rapid development s tage and the requirement of the different stage industrial development would guide the stage conversion of the study hot point.Meanwhile,the paper pointed out that there was some common deficiencies existed in the two stage study,for example,less study and case analysis on coalbed methane comprehensive utilization and environment pr otection,industrial policy and mining right management,the deep coalbed methane. The study results would have benefits to China coalbed methane scientific academia to understand the industrial development skeleton,to set up the late study plan.