Soil remediation became a hot topic in 2014 after the National Soil Pollution Survey Report was released. Unfortunately，however，neither the severe pollution nor an explicit statement by the government has led to a takeoff of the soil remediation market. Regarding soil remediation，there have actually been signs of hesitation in capital markets for reasons such as disagreement on legislation，unclear laws，regulations and policies，lack of industry and technological standards，a single financing pattern，lack of funding assurance for remediation and unclear technological approaches. A Central Government-funded pilot project intended to comprehensively remediate farmland contaminated by heavy metals in the cities of Changsha，Zhuzhou and Xiangtan，Hunan Province，for example，continues the trial-and-error model led by the state，with a controversial remediation scheme. Imagination about the prospects of soil remediation will still face tough reality characterized by conflicting interests.