Abstract: 【Purpose/significance】Data literacy is a necessary basic literacy for human beings in the digital and intelligent era. It is of great significance to study the connotation, characteristics and cultivation of data literacy. Paying attention to the current research sta⁃tus of data literacy will help to further optimize the research on data literacy and provide strong support for the development of data lit⁃eracy.【Method/process】Based on the bibliometric analysis of 230 articles included in CNKI from 2013 to 2021, this paper systemati⁃cally combs the research context of data literacy.【Result/conclusion】At present, although some scholars have made basic exploration on the concept and composition of data literacy, there is still a lack of systematic research on the essential connotation and cultivation of data literacy. In the future, it is necessary to further combine the needs of the development of the times, clarify the constituent ele⁃
ments of data literacy, clarify the special needs of data literacy in different fields, especially explore the paths and practical measures of data literacy cultivation, improve the systematicness of data literacy cultivation research.【Innovation/limitation】In the future, the research activities and development trends of foreign data literacy will be tracked and compared with domestic data literacy.