In this experiment，the effects of different zinc fertilizer application methods on the yield of different japonica rice cultivars and zinc content in rice were compared to select high-efficiency zinc rice cultivars and optimal zinc applicationmethods.Under the field experimentcondition，the response of rice yield and grain zinc content of 9 japonica rice cultivarswere analyzed forS(zinc fertilizer soil application)，SB(zinc fertilizer soil application combined with foliar spraying atbootingstage)，SF(zinc fertilizer soil application combined with foliar spraying at floweringstage)and SBF(zinc fertilizersoil application combined with foliar spraying at both booting stage and flowering stage).The zinc content of grain in each rice cultivar ranged from 18.1 to 29.3 mg·kg-1.Jiyang No.1，Ji Nongda809，Jijing302，Jihong No.6，Changjing 717 and Daohuaxiang No.2 were high-zinccultivars.Ji Nongda 899 was a medium -zinccultivar，Pingjing 8 and Jijing 515 were low-zinc cultivars.Zinc fertilizer application had no significant effect on increasing yield of most rice cultivars.The zinccontent of different cultivars of rice increased averagely by 18.0% after application of zincfertilizer；the zinc contents of riceforS，SB，SF and SBF increased by8.3%，17.4%，19.5 % and 27.0% respectively.However，there was no significantdifference in the average zinc content among the three sprayingtreatments.The application of zinc fertilizer soil applicationcombined with foliar application could significantly increase the zinc content in rice，and the zinc application effect andthe choice of application method vary from cultivars to cultivars.The high -yield and zinc augmentation can be achieved by selecting zinc-rich and high-yield cultivars to apply zinc fertilizer at the appropriate growthstages.