This paper investigated the contents of heavy metals in soils of vegetable production bases of Shenzhen，the pollu- tion status and the sources were also analyzed in the present study.The results indicated that the percentage of contents of heavy metals that exceed the provided standards was 23.3%.The main pollutant include Ni，Cu，Cd，As and Zn，with exceeding the standards by 13%（0.07～1.66 times of standard）for Ni，10%（0.10～0.88 times of standard）for Cu， 6.7%（0.33～0.53 times of standard）for Cd，6.7%（0.28～0.74 times of standard）for As and 6.7%（0.11～0.50 times of standard）for Zn，respectively.The contents of Hg，Pb，Cr in soils were below the thresholds of the soils quality standards.Half of the vegetable production bases were safe in Shenzhen，and only individual farms reached a moderately polluted.The concentrations of As and Zn in soils were much higher than the corresponding in Pearl-River-Delta region. Soil heavy mental pollution has become increasingly serious in process of urbanization.The reason of the heavy mental pollu- tion of soil may be environment deteriorate and unreasonable fertilization.