Extensive measurements on soil nutrients over main orchard producing areas in combination with in situ monitoringat some sites were conducted in this study to investigate the currentstatus，dynamic changes as well as the vertical distribution of nutrients in 0～ 60 cm soil for providing insightful support for the scientific recommendation of nutrientmanagement. Results showedthat:the contents of totalnitrogen，organicmatter，availablephosphorus，availablepotassium，available iron and available zinc in 0～ 20 cm soil of main apple orchard in Hebei Province were 1.16g/kg，17.99g/kg，118.26mg/kg，329.70mg/kg，15.33 mg/kg and 3.69mg/kg，respectively，which were greater of 0.43g/kg，6.49g/kg，111.96 mg/kg，201.50 mg/kg，7.13 mg/kg and 3.16mg/kg，respectively compared with the second soil survey in 1980～ 1985. Statusof soil organic matter andnutrients:based on the standards of the second soilcensus，orchard with 10.00～ 20.00 g/kg ofsoil organic matter accounted for60.3%，which was at a lowlevel；orchard with 1.00～ 1.50 g/kg of total nitrogen accountedfor44.5%，which was at a medium level；available phosphorus >40.00 mg/kg and available potassium >200.00 mg/kgaccounted for 78.5% and 61.8% respectively，which were all at a high level.Meanwhile，soil nutrients linearly increasedwith the orchardcultivation，where the increases of soil available phosphorus and potassium were greater than the valuesof soil totalnitrogen，organic matter，available iron and available zinc. Status of vertical distribution of soil nutrients: soil nutrients in the 30-year old orchard mainly accumulated in the 0～ 20 cmsoil，and the available phosphorus and availablepotassium in the 20～ 40 and 40～ 60 cm soil layers were approximately 50.8%，59.8%，74.0% and42.3%，27.0% and 55.9% of those in 0～20cm，respectively. Soil pH decreased clearly after 30～40 yearscultivation，and it was about1.09，0.41 and 0.27 lower than the values of 0～20，20～ 40 and 40～ 60 cm layers of orchard in 10years，respectively. Inconclusion，soil nutrients of apple orchard linearly increased with cultivation years although the soil available phosphorus andpotassium increased much faster than those of soil organicmatter，available iron andzinc，indicating a trend of soil nutrientsimbalance，degradation and acidification. Therefore，increasing application of organic fertilizers，iron and zinc will be helpful for improving the soil fertility production capacity of apple orchard in Hebei.