In present paper a brief account of the historical development of soil environmental protection research in China since 1949 is given. The recent advances of research work's in this field are reviewed. And some suggestions for its farther development are proposed. Meanwhile, relevant aspects are described, such as: the scope and the theoretical foundations as well as the academic guidlines and methodology of soil environmental protection research, the present situation of research on soil pollution and its prevention, and the clean-up effect of soil-plant system and its application in practice. And finally the prospective of soil enviroumental protection research in China is set forth.