A footplate structure of a wheelchair is provided. The wheelchair includes a support frame unit, a rear wheel assembly mounted on the support frame unit, a front wheel assembly mounted to the support frame unit, a seat unit arranged at a central portion of the support frame unit, a footplate unit arranged at a front end of the support frame unit, and a footplate control unit operable to control the footplate unit. With the footplate control unit set beside the footplate unit, the footplate control unit may control a footplate of the footplate unit to be in an upright position or a horizontal position so as to improve operation performance of the wheelchair.
