Abstract: 【Objective/Meaning】The spatial pattern characteristics and development influencing factors of the key villages of rural tourism in China were studied to provide suggestions and reference for the construction and further development of rural tourism villages in China. 【Methods/Procedures】By selecting the 320 key villages of rural tourism published by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of China as the research objects,the methods of kernel density estimation,mean nearest neighbor index analysis and geographic detector model were used to the analyze quantitatively and qualitativley on the spatial distribution pattern and influencing factors of the key villages of rural tourism in China. 【Results/Conclusions】The results showed that:(1) the spatial distribution of the key rural tourism villages in China was uneven,presenting a spatial distribution pattern of“dense in the southeast of China and sparse in the northwest of China”.(2) The spatial distribution of the key rural tourism villages in China had a significant agglomeration,forming the four high-density agglomeration areas,which was led by Shanghai-NanjingHangzhou and Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei,and followed by Sichuan-Chongqing and Qinghai-Gansu.(3) The main factors affecting the spatial distribution of key villages in rural tourism included the transportation,economic development level,topography,population and resources,etc.