The CiteSpace software was used to visually analyze the information of the literature related to the green development of the breeding industry based on the literatures in the field of the green development of breeding industry included in the CNKI database from 1998 to 2021.The hotspots and frontiers in the green development of breeding industry were summarized.Results showed that the research field in green development of breeding industry is gradually active.Most of the research centers on colleges and universities form a system of scientific research， but there is a lack of close cooperation between institutional teams.The research hotspots in the green development of the breeding industry focus on three major directions including the quality and safety of the products， the ecological environment， and the strategies and models of development.The main concerns in the research on the green development of breeding industry are as follows：green development， the combination of planting and breeding， swine breeding， breeding households， and aquaculture.Results of frontier analyses showed that “swine breeding”“the combination of planting and breeding” and “economic benefit” were the trends of research in the future.How to change the development mode of the breeding industry， especially the swine breeding， how to coordinate the economic and ecological benefits， and realize the resource utilization of livestock and poultry manure by combining planting with breeding， etc.are valuable topics in the future， which still need to be explored.