Purpose <p>Although adolescence is a vulnerable period for child maltreatment, the interconnected relations between child maltreatment types remain unclear. Therefore, the current study aimed to (a) examine the prevalence of single and co-occurring types of child maltreatment among Chinese adolescents, (b) explore the interconnected relations of child maltreatment types, and (c) investigate differences in the prevalence and network structure of child maltreatment across genders and adolescent development stages.</p> Methods <p>The sample comprised 6,006 adolescents from primary schools, junior middle school, senior high school, and university. The age range of participants was 9.63 to 24.00 years, with a mean age of 15.33 years. Adolescents completed the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire. The Gaussian Graphical Model was employed to visualize child maltreatment networks.</p> Results <p>The most common type of child maltreatment was neglect (physical: 46%, emotional: 40%). Among 32 combinations of child maltreatment types, 66% of adolescents reported experiencing at least one type of maltreatment. Network analysis identified “feeling hated by family” as the most influential node in the child maltreatment network. The global strength of child maltreatment networks was similar between males (<i>S</i> = 9.85) and females (<i>S</i> = 9.83), and the global strength of child maltreatment networks increased with adolescent development stages, with post adolescence exhibiting the strongest associations (<i>S</i> = 10.52).</p> Conclusions <p>These findings contribute to understanding the interconnected relations between child maltreatment subtypes and provide valuable insights for developing intervention strategies to protect adolescents from child maltreatment.</p>