Abstract: With rapid development of economy, the heavy metal pollution in soil has been a serious environmental problem in Zhejiang. The
typical events of heavy metal pollution happened in Taizhou, Changxing, Fuyang & Ningbo. Under background of environmental law,
environmental taxes, remediation & development of Brownfield and environmental labeling, etc, the research focuses on the situation of
heavy metal pollution in soil in Zhejiang and puts forwards six institutional innovations in control of heavy metal pollution in soil. The
institutional system will repress the trends of heavy metal pollution in soil with clarifying the liability of pollution & solving the remediation
fund. At last the quality of soil will be improved and the safety of farm products will be guaranteed, which will be important to promote
ecological civilization in Zhejiang
Keywords: Zhejiang; soil pollution; heavy metal; institutional innovations.