From views of paper publication number，citation rate，social influence and decision-making influence，this report analyzed the trends of knowledge creative industry between 1981 and 2013 and compared the research development with U.S. and “BRICS”. It was found that in the past 30 years，China’s paper quantity grew as an exponential function，the citation rate has significantly improved，social influence gradually closed to the world average level and decision-making influence improved steadily. However，compared with U.S.，in terms of quantity，citation rate or the influence，there is still a big gap. In the future，China needs to continue to increase research investment，while concentrate the superior resources，strengthen research team and fund management，further improve the think tanks operating system and establish the innovation-and-quality-based research evaluation system. Finally，the analysis of trend showed that the competitiveness of the industry is most likely to be one of the most rapid increasing areas in the future.