Soil health is the guarantee of food security, and soil pollution caused by human activities needs urgent treatment. Ni is an essential trace element in human beings, but excessive amount of Ni is toxic. At present, Ni pollution in soil is serious in China. The Action Plan for Soil Pollution Control should be responded as soon as possible to improve Ni contamination in soil. This paper summarized the basic principle of the microbe-assisted phytoremediation, and the effects of adding microorganisms in Ni contaminated soil on plant growth conditions, soil available Ni content and plant absorption of Ni, which is of great significance to find suitable plants and microorganisms for remediation of Ni contaminated soil. Meanwhile, this paper also expected the focuses in future research, such as the effect of organic acids on plant-microbe combined remediation, establishment of the PGPB Library and searching for super accumulation plants.