The anti-poverty problem?has always been a difficult problem that all countries in the world pay close attention to. With the help of CiteSpace, an information visualization analysis software, taking 4 763 anti-poverty research documents collected in China HowNet and WOS database in recent 21 years as the analysis object,an in-depth analysis and comparison from the aspects of time distribution, high-output research scholars and academic institutions, research hotspots and research trends were conducted. The result are as follows.Domestic anti-poverty research literature is less than that of foreign countries, and the recognition among domestic scholars is low, and the academic cooperation network of research institutions is loose.On the research hotspots, Chinese researchers use more empirical research methods, take a poverty-stricken area as the research object, and discuss its anti-poverty measures pertinently, but seldom explore the universal theory.Foreign language researchers pay more attention to the study of anti-poverty measures from the perspective of economic growth, and emphasize the harmonious development between man and nature.On the research trend, Chinese literature is mostly policy-oriented, while foreign literature is more oriented towards theoretical output.