Abstract: With the rapid development of cultural industry, cultural finance is the emerging field of study.
This paper selects the research papers on cultural finance indexed by CSSCI journals during 2002-2016,
and uses word frequency statistics, visualization method of knowledge map, content analysis and other
bibliometric methods to provide a comparative and comprehensive analysis and evaluation of domestic financial support of cultural industry development at present. Study shows that such studies increase year by year, so do journals and research institutions involved in the studies. With wider range of research, the focus includes the international experience, the theoretical analysis and the empirical analysis. However, at present, the studies suffer form relatively dispersed themes, lack of depth, and want of micro data and model analysis. No analysis is yet made from operational level regarding the establishment of such financial support system, neither is the differentiation analyzed of the concrete industry. These will be the direction for further research.

Key words: Cultural finance, Bibliometric, Frequency statistics, Knowledge mapping method, Content analysis