Focusing on the development of urban soil ecological environment protection in Shanghai，this paper reviews the progress and achievement of soil pollution prevention and control in Shanghai during the 13th Five-Year Plan period，and analyzes the important strategic opportunities，situations and challenges currently facing. The following measures are proposed for the future urban soil environmental management：in-depth soil ecological environment monitoring，strengthening soil pollution source prevention and control，strictly implementing classified management of agricultural land，improving the whole life cycle management of construction land，and other supporting system for soil pollution control，so as to provide necessary guarantee and support for Shanghai to build “five centers” and excellent global city，and provide reference for other large cities’ soil environmental management.