Soil qualities of some typical newly-established green belts in Shanghai, such as Yanzhong, Kaiqiao, Huashang, Huangxing, and those alongside the Longdong and Yuandong Roads were investigated. The results show that the soils are high in pH value and alkaline or high alkaline in reaction and basically up to the standard for EC. More than 60% of the soils meet the standard for organic matters. The soils tend to be low in organic matter contents, high in bulk density, poor in aeration and generally low in CEC. Some green belts use mountain soil and peat. The mixture is good in quality and meets the requirements for greening of the city. It is, therefore, recommended that the gardening plants be grown in light of the local soil and urban wastes high in organic matter, such as domestic garbage and sewage sludge, etc. be used to ameliorate the soil and the index system for soil quality evaluation be further improved and include CEC, soil drainage, etc..