The invention belongs to the technical field of measuring the surface charge accumulation characteristics of high-voltage DC solid insulating materials, and in particular relates to a device for measuring the surface charge of a DC GIL basin-type insulator based on the Pockels effect, comprising: a helium-neon laser, a polarized light separator, a high-speed camera, 1 / 8-wave plate, bismuth silicate crystal, insulated vacuum tube, slider, rotating shaft and insulated guide rod. When measuring, paste the bismuth silicate probe on the surface of the pot insulator, the helium-neon laser emits red light, which becomes elliptical polarized light through the polarized light separator and 1 / 8 wave plate, the light enters the bismuth silicate probe, and The interface between the bismuth and the pot insulator generates reflection, passes through the 1 / 8 wave plate again, refracts at right angles in the polarized light separator, enters the high-speed camera, measures the light intensity distribution, and obtains the magnitude of the charge after computer processing. The measuring device is simple in structure and easy to operate, which provides an effective measuring means for studying the charge accumulation on the surface of pot insulators in DC GIL.