Abstract: With the development of foreign trade of China, the cultivation of international trade talents has become one of the heated topics. Based on CiteSpace, this article uses 2 234 articles obtained from CNKI database to systematically analyze the status quo of this problem in order to understand the research hotspots and evolution trend of this problem. After analyses, it turns out that the major research fields are: talents cultivation, modes of talents cultivation, business English, cultivation modes, cross-border e-commerce.

Key words: International trade, Talents cultivation, CiteSpace