Urban geological work is an important foundation for China’s new urbanization strategy and urban development. The urban geological work policy has a huge impact on the deployment and implementation of the work. In 2017, the former Ministry of Land and Resources issued the Guiding Opinions on Strengthening Urban Geological Work (GTZF \[2017\] No. 104), which is the first policy document on urban geological work in China. To understand the implementation effect of this document in the past five years has not been evaluated. Method: Through field survey and questionnaire interview with local government managers and practitioners, this paper evaluates the policy formulation, policy implementation and implementation effect of urban geological work, analyzes the problems and propsoals some advice, and promotes the timely adjustment or correction of urban geological work policies to achieve a virtuous circle. Results: The fact of the policy of urban geological work has made a certain positive effect, promoting the thinking of urban geological work has changed greatly, the content and service field have been greatly expanded, but there are still problems such as the work system is not perfect, the ability to adapt to the new demand is not strong. Conclusion: In order to promote the development of urban geological work in our country, we should further strengthen the construction of legal system, follow up relevant policies, strengthen the existing working system, perfect the coordination and cooperation mechanism of work, and deepen the investment mechanism reform.