Based on the theories of statistics and econometrics, the research selected 341 CNKI research papers on Chinese genetically modified food, published during 1997 and 2016. It was pointed out that these published journals demonstrated a certain degree of concentration, core scholars carried out in-depth researches and research directions representing a certain degree of regularity and extensionality. The results showed that researches of domestic scholars on genetically modified foods tend to increase, while few research literatures on natural science were found. It was necessary that the researchers should commit to studying transgenic engineering technology. However, as social science research literature revealed, scholars paid more attention to the safety of genetically modified food. We suggested that the risk communication might be an important means of solving food safety problems, and it would become the mainstream of innovation research.