Abstract: Citizen participation is an important part of social governance system. CiteSpaceV software was used to conduct a quantitative analysis of domestic and foreign research literature on citizen participation. The research shows that: foreign research literature is more than domestic research literature. Domestic and foreign research focuses on social governance and public policy, but foreign research is more microscopic. In terms of topic hot spots and evolution trends, foreign research topics are mainly reflected in social background related dimensions such as network participation and social media, while domestic research is mainly reflected in social and political background related dimensions such as social governance, national governance and anti-corruption governance.