Healthy soil is the key to healthy food production and maintenance of the multifunctionality of the soil ecosystem. It is also the cornerstone of agriculture green development. Identifying the status of soil health and systematically carrying out soil health diagnosis are the basis of cultivating healthy soil and improving soil productivity. However, in the past, a large number of indicators and evaluations have been developed based on an individual soil function (e.g. soil productivity) , while other soil functions were largely ignored. Soil biological indicators are still underrepresented in soil health assessment, and the dynamic monitoring of soil processes is not sufficiently conducted. In pursuit of sustainable development goals and with the requirement of agriculture green development, the indicator system and evaluation approaches of soil health have been greatly improved. Thus, the establishment of multi-objective coordinated soil health assessment has become the hotspot and the frontier. This paper summarizes the selection principle in the indicator system of soil health. The importance of soil biological indicators in soil health evaluation is analyzed. The advances, advantages, disadvantages and application areas of the Chinese soil health assessment method, Cornell Comprehensive Assessment of Soil Health, New Zealand SINDI, the framework of Soil Navigator, Soil Management Assessment Framework are expounded. Finally, the pathways to improve the soil health evaluation system are put forward. It is necessary to build a big data platform for integrated soil-crop management based on the regional ecological conditions. A multi-objective coordinated soil health assessment for different regions and crop systems should be established through the participation of multi-actors with the development of soil biological indicators. A long-term and whole-process dynamic monitoring system should be established in combination with rapid testing and intelligent information technologies. This will provide important support for agriculture green development.