Karst ecosystem is fragile,and intensive human activities have led to the degradation of Karst ecosystem in China,which has affected regional ecosystem services provision and human well-be-ing improvement.This paper summarizes the changes in the current research papers in the field of karst ecosystem services,and summarizes 3 hot research issues:Estimation of karst ecosystem services and their spatio-temporal changes;socio-ecological driving factors in karst ecosystem services;trade-offs and synergies relationship in karst ecosystem services.At the same time,4 future research directions are proposed,including the selection of key karst ecosystem services based on geo-socio-ecological condi-tions,the vertical flow of karst ecosystem services,the cascade of karst ecosystem services and human well-being,and the influence of ecological engineering on karst ecosystem services.