The method of bibliometrics and CiteSpace software were used to draw a knowledge map for 321 literatures in CNKI with the theme of “China’s tea industry economy” from 2015 to 2021 and carry out an inductive analysis.The results showed that the number of domestic literatures related to the economic studies on tea industry in China increased rapidly since 2015.The core groups of author and institution are about to be formed.The economic studies on tea industry in China from 2015 to 2021 is divided into two stages.The first one is the high-speed development stage focusing on the development of the tea industry itself and the micro-subjects.The second one is the normalized development stage focusing on the integrating the tea industry with major national strategies.Finally.the future trends of economic studies on tea industry in China are prospected.The first one is to focus on studies in combination with the strategy of rural revitalization and common prosperity.The second one is to focus on changes in tea production.circulation.consumption and marketing under the background of the pandemic and upgrading consumption.The third one is to strengthen the studies on the cross-integration of big data.information technology and the tea economy.The fourth one is to strengthen the studies on the tea micro-consumption market and the production behavior of business entities.The fifth one is to continuously conduct the monitoring.evaluation and analysis of the international competitiveness of tea industry in China.