Abstract: By adopting patentometrics analysis method, from angles including patent application number trend, main application institutes, research directions, citation times and patent value, the current status of metro technology in China is discussed. Analysis results show that the number of patents related to domestic metro technology presents an overall upward trend, and the current stage is still in a period of rapid development; the research hotspot focuses on IPC B61, G01, G06 and so on; the number of highly cited patents is not much in total, and the number of patents with value of 7 is the largest. The quality of patents still needs improvement. It is suggested to improve the patent creativity and competitiveness to help sustaining the high-speed development of China′s metro technology.