Since the reform and opening up

China's economy has been developing rapidly. But at the same time

it has also brought an increasingly heavy burden to the ecological environment

as the various types of polluting wastes generated by the rough development cannot be effectively treated

and some of them are incorporated into the soil in a direct or indirect way

which aggravates soil pollution. Therefore

in order to achieve the strategic goal of sustainable development

remediation of contaminated soil is imperative. Among them

surfactants have received a lot of attention from scholars as a substance that can effectively remediate contaminated soil. This paper focuses on the concept of surfactant

its mechanism of action and how to realize soil remediation work

in order to provide reference and help for the development of soil remediation work in China.