The Key Lab of Resource Environment and Geographic Information System, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100037, China) Abstract:Based on related researches and data collected of concentrations and background values on heavy metal in sediments of lakes in China, analysis of heavy metal pollution of sediments of the lakes was conducted, statistics taken for ranges of their concentrations, and evaluation of the pollution degrees of the sediments in some main lakes performed. After comparison with heavy metal concentrations in sediments of lakes and soil quality standards of some foreign countries, the authors set forth some countermeasures for control of heavy metal pollution of sediments of lakes.