Objective To translate and evaluate the Diabetes Foot Screening and Risk Stratification Tool, and to test reliability and validity of the Chinese version scale, so as to provide a tool for rapid clinical screening. Methods The Diabetes Foot Screening and Risk Stratification Tool was translated into Chinese according to the cross-cultural research guidelines, then the Chinese version scale was utilized to screen 356 diabetic patients for diabetic foot risk to evaluate its reliability and validity. Results The Chinese version Diabetes Foot Screening and Risk Stratification Tool was consisted of 6 dimensions and 14 items, its content validity index (S-CVI) was 1, Cronbach′s α coefficient was 0.677, The area under the ROC curve of the Diabetes Foot Screening and Risk Stratification Tool was 0.743. The sensitivity was 62.7%, the specificity was 79.3%, and the Youden index was 42.0%. Conclusion The overall reliability and validity of the Diabetes Foot Screening and Risk Stratification Tool are good, its screening content involves the main influencing factors of diabetic foot risk, so it can be used for diabetic foot risk screening in diabetic patients and provides reference for grading nursing intervention.