The partition behavior of hafnium among different phases in FGH97 PM (powder metallurgy) superalloy and its effects on the precipitation behaviors of M C carbide and γ phase were studied by means of 3DAP, SEM, TEM and physiochemical phase analysis. The results showed that element Hf mainly exists in γ phase and M C carbide, which makes γ composition transform to (Ni, Co) 3 (Al, Ti, Nb, Hf), also makes M C transform to (Nb, Ti, Hf)C. With Hf addition increasing, the proportion of Hf in γ maintains constant, but in M C carbide increases and in γ decreases, which means that partition ratio (R 1 ) between γ phase and M C carbide is decreased, while partition ratio (R 2 ) between γ phase and γ matrix is increased, the average partition ratio between γ phase and M C carbide is about 1 £ 0.1, and the average partition ratio between γ phase and γ matrix is about 1 £ 0.05. Hf is helpful to the precipitations of γ phase and M C carbide, the morphology and size of γ phase are influenced more by Hf than these of M C carbide.