Disclosed are a foot plate for a self-balancing scooter, and a self-balancing scooter. The foot plate (1) for a self-balancing scooter comprises a main body (10) and touch control portions (11). A front side and a rear side of a lower surface of the main body are both connected to the touch control portions, which protrude downwards and are used to trigger a sensor on a self-balancing scooter. The touch control portions at the front side and the rear side of the lower surface of the foot plate for a self-balancing scooter are capable of directly triggering corresponding sensors. The foot plate is applicable to twisting scooters having a left scooter portion and a right scooter portion which are capable of twisting relatively. No additional components are required, and users just need to install the foot plate on a self-balancing scooter. The foot plate has a simple and logic structure, and a self-balancing scooter adopting the foot plate is compact in overall structure, easy to install, convenient to operate, better in control performance, and longer in service life.