Abstract: The danger of organochlorine pesticide residue (OCPs) for ecological environment and human health is obvious. In this paper, progresses on sample preparation and analytical techniques and methods for OCPs in soil samples were reviewed. The main contents of the paper include sample preparation techniques of microwave extraction (ME), accelerated solvent extraction (ASE), solid phase extraction (SPE), solid phase micro extraction (SPME), matrix solidphase dispersion extraction (MSPDE), supercritical fluid extraction (SFE), and the analytical techniques of gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatographymass spectrometry (GC-MS).The new development trends on this research area in the future were also pointed out.