RESUMO
This paper analyzed the articles from the journal of Chinese Medical Ethics published for 30 years. The results showed that the development of medical ethics in China can be divided into four stages, the incubation period, the slow growth period, the rapid growth period and the stable period;regional distribution was affected by economic development, and the development of medical ethics was also relatively backward in areas where econom-ic development was relatively backward;the number of columns was increasing year by year, the classification tend to be refined, the proportion of each column was fluctuating with the change of the social hotspot, and in recent years, the doctor -patient relationship and medical management and system construction had received more and more attention;and the paper cooperation degree need to be improved, the number of quotations and cited quota-tions steadily improved, and the quality of the paper was improved. Therefore, the government should strengthen policy guidance and standardize the development of medical ethics; the academic level should focus on regional differences and promote academic communication and disciplinary development; and on the individual level, the new medical ethics problem should be concerned, and the research on the hotspots of medical ethics should be car-ried out.