High-quality development has become a popular term to describe China's development. From the perspective of social hot issues and bibliometric analysis, this paper uses the method of SNA (Social Network Analysis) to sort out, dig and analyze the literature related to "high-quality development." The results show that there is a close relationship between "high-quality development," "high-quality economic development" and "high-quality urban economic development," which are the best answers to the questions of why high-quality development is important in China. This study, through literature review and analysis, clarifies the logical concept of the academic research on "high-quality development," which will provide reference and important guidance for further research on "high-quality development."