The ubiquity of phthalate esters has been frequently reported in agricultural soils in China. Samples of soil and plastic film were collected in a plastic greenhouse field cultured with vegetables from suburb of Hangzhou city, Zhejiang Province. The results indicated that contamination of PAEs was occurred in the soil of local vegetable field and the degree of PAEs contamination was comparable to that found in most of other study areas in China. Content of PAEs in the plastic film have a positive impact on the content of PAEs in soil. Soil covered with aged plastic film or with the black film was observed containing high content of PAEs. Therefore, reduction of the aged plastic film residue in soil is a feasible way to decrease PAEs contamination in soil. No significantly difference was found among the different covering types (shed or mantled) of plastic film in present study. Significant positive correlation has been obtained between the content of PAEs and that of organic matter in soil, which is presumed that soil organic matter would be an important effects on the environmental fate of PAEs, in particular for the higher molecular PAEs such as DEHP.