Abstract:This paper presented the differences among the content of copper and zinc in the upper soils (0-20cm) under different agricultural practices and their corresponding spatial distribution through the investigation in Shouguang, Shandong province. The characteristics of accumulation of copper and zinc content in the farmlands and natural field of the studied region were also discussed. In this study, a total of 127 soil samples were collected from greenhouse vegetable field, open vegetable field, wheat/maize/cotton field and natural field. The sampling location covered all the agricultural production region of Shouguang County. The results indicated that the range for the content of copper in local agricultural lands was 69.11 mg·kg-1 with the average content 26.43 mg·kg-1, and the range for zinc was 210.8 mg·kg-1 with the average amount of 80.50 mg·kg-1. In comparison with different agricultural lands, the highest concentration for copper and zinc appeared in the vegetable land under protected cultivation with the average content of 33.91 mg·kg-1 for copper, 1.38-156 times higher than that of any other agricultural land, and the content of zinc was 124.2 mg·kg-1, which is also 1.49-1.69 times higher than that in soils of other agricultural lands. The content of copper and zinc in different soils ranked in this order: Greenhouse vegetable field > Open vegetable lands > Wheat/maize/cotton field > Contrast soils. Though accumulation of copper and zinc in agricultural soils occurred in different agricultural lands, the content of copper and zinc did not exceed the permitted limit. The spatial distribution map of copper and zinc showed that relatively higher content occurred in the middle part, and relatively lower concentration appeared in the northern and southern region. Under the pattern of intensive farming, the content of copper and zinc in vegetable land under protected cultivation increased significantly in linear trend (p<0.05) with the cultivation years prolonged, and related accumulation rate in soils was 149 mg kg-1 a-1 for copper and 2.59 mg·kg-1 a-1 for zinc, which was probably related to application of abundant organic fertilizer with high content of copper and zinc.