Objective The sudden COVID-19 epidemic has seriously impacted people’s social mentality and values. This paper attempts to explore how COVID-19 epidemic affects people’s sense of national identity

so as to provide empirical evidence and research reference for the country’s understanding of people’s attitudes during the epidemic. Methods In May 2020

a questionnaire survey was conducted among 349 people using the random sampling method. Results National awareness of COVID-19（β=0.148

P<0.05）

Affected by the epidemic（β=0.261

P<0.05）

Recognition of the country’s role in fighting the epidemic（β=0.339

P<0.05）were significantly predictive of national identity. At the same time

age（β=0.091

P<0.05）

annual income（β=-0.113

P<0.05）

political landscape（β=0.197

P<0.05）

education level（β=-0.132

P<0.05）also has a significant impact on national identity. Conclusion During the epidemic period

national identity is generally high

people are more aware of and affected by the COVID-19 epidemic

and they are more fully aware of the risk of the epidemic.