Abstract: With the widespread application of advanced information and communication technologies in distribution networks, the distribution networks have become increasingly stronger in terms of integration between the cyber side and physical side, and have had the typical characteristics of cyber physical system. This paper analyzes the research status of the cyber physical distribution system (CPDS) from the perspective of analysis and self-healing control. In terms of analysis, it summarizes and analyzes the reliability assessment and risk assessment of CPDS, respectively. In terms of CPDS self-healing control, a review is made of the traditional physical-side self-healing control and the cyber-physical collaboration. The progress and deficiencies of existing research are analyzed. Finally, the future research directions of CPDS are predicted from four perspectives, including the CPDS architecture under the background of ubiquitous power internet of things, the CPDS security analysis considering distributed generator, the self-healing mechanism of the CPDS hybrid communication network, and the CPDS self-healing control system.