Abstract: The fundamental way to fulfill the consumption of aquatic products by Chinese residents is to make overall use of the two markets and resources at home and abroad. Lobster is one of the representative-high-end aquatic products. In order to grasp the characteristics of lobster import in recent years, the article analyzed the trade scale, variety structure, trade mode, source market and other contents by using the import data of lobster from 2017 to 2021 in China. The results were as follows, the import scale of lobster expanded rapidly, with an average annual growth of 11.78% from 2017 to 2021. Fresh lobster was the main type of imported products, and the cumulative import volume accounts for 86.03% of the total import volume of lobster. Ordinary trade occupied an absolute dominant position in China's lobster import trade. 11 countries, including Canada, the United States of America, Australia and New Zealand, and so on, were the main import source markets, and the cumulative import volume accounts for 95.54% of the total import volume. The relationship between income and lobster consumption demand showed that there was a strong correlation between group income and lobster import volume, and the correlation coefficient between group income and import volume was larger. The demand income elasticity of lobster was greater than 1, which was a luxury with elasticity. In order to adapt to China's consumption upgrading and diversified demand, it was proposed to maintain a more open import strategy, make good use of lobster trading tools, and carry out lobster seed industry innovation.