[Purpose/significance] Based on bibliometrics, this paper uses a CI method to conduct a research, which reviews previous research in the field of CI in China from 2006 to 2016 and tries to grasp R&D trends and the feature of CI. [Method/process] The samples data of this paper were collected from CNKI. This paper analyzed the main research institutions, core authors and their cooperation net and hot domain on CI. [Result/conclusion] It is concluded that the main research institutions control the resources of core authors and projects, leading the development of the hot domain. Key institutions should play a leading role in the development of CI, and should help to strengthen the cooperation between the academic community. Under the background of big data, interpersonal intelligence network, social network privacy detection and privacy protection, knowledge management and knowledge innovation has some research prospects.