Heavymetal pollution has become one of the most serious environmental problems today in soils in mining and the surrounding areas caused by long terms of mining and smeltingof metalliferous ores. The newly developed phytoremediation methods have becomeeffective， inexpensive and ecology friendly technology， very promising for the removal of metal pollutants from the heavymetalpolluted soil. Phytostabilization， phytoextraction and phytovolatilization are the three main plantbased technologyto remove the heavy metalsout of the polluted soils. Phytostabilization is used to block the migration of heavy metalsin the soils，while phytoextraction and phytovolatilizationfor removal of heavy metals from the soils. This paper reviews the progresses on phytoimmobilization and phytoextraction technology， which include research areas in sorting of heavy metal hyperaccumulator and hyperheavy metal tolerant plants in mining districts， the activation chemicalamendments toimprove the biological availability and the inhabitation amendments to hinder the migration of heavy metalsin soils. Key issues on current research as well as the future study on plant phytoremediation of heavy metalsin soils in mining districts are also discussed.