As an emerging language service, localization plays an important role in the successful implementation of the “going abroad” strategy for Chinese enterprises and the “Belt and Road” initiative. Although both Chinese and foreign academia have done some research on localization, the research level must be improved and contrastive studies are limited. This paper presents a statistical bibliometric analysis to investigate the status quo of both Chinese and international research on localization from 2005 to 2016, analyzes problems in existing studies and proposes potential resolution strategies. It aims at putting forward references for Chinese localization education, training and research.