Objective To evaluate the curative effect of acupuncture treatment on gastrointestinal dysfunction after laparoscopic surgery. Methods Through computer search of China Journal Full-text Database(CNKI), Wanfang Data, China Biomedical Literature Database (CBM), Chongqing VIP Full-text Database (VIP), PubMed, Embase and other major domestic and foreign databases, including related acupuncture Randomized clinical trials(RCT) for the treatment of gastrointestinal dysfunction after laparoscopic surgery. After data extraction and quality evaluation of the included literature, the RevMan 5.3 statistical software was used for Meta analysis. Results Finally, 13 RCTs were included, a total of 985 patients. The results of Meta analysis showed that compared with the control group(conventional treatment), the treatment group (acupuncture treatment + conventional treatment) had a higher effective rate of recovery of gastrointestinal function after laparoscopic surgery [RR=1.27,95%CI (1.14, 1.42), P<0.000 1]; the first anal exhaust time is shorter[MD=-11.48,95%CI (-16.66, -6.31), P<0.000 1]; bowel sound recovery time is shorter [SMD=-2.36,95% CI (-3.02, -1.69), P<0.000 01]; the first anal defecation time is shorter [SMD=-2.37, 95%CI (-3.34, -1.40), P<0.000 01]. Conclusion Acupuncture can effectively promote the recovery of gastrointestinal dysfunction after laparoscopic surgery. However, because the quality of the included literature is not high, it still needs to be further verified by a large clinical sample, multi-center, high-quality randomized double-blind trial.