Based on the quantitative analytical data obtained in the second generation regional geochemical survey and the national standard of soil environmental quality, the authors used the stream sediments data to classify soil environmental qualities of the whole Zhejiang Province. It is pointed out that before 1990 the soil quality was on the whole quite good and the environmental quality (element content) indices were almost all within the ranges of Grade I and Grade II of the national standard. Before 1990s, the heavy metal planar pollution elements were mainly As, Cd, U, Ni, and subordinately Hg. The Cd, As, Ni and U polluted areas were chiefly distributed on the inner side of Anhui-Zhejiang boundary, the Ni, Cr heavily polluted areas were concentrated in Shengxian and Xinchang areas, and the Sn, Hg polluted areas were spread in Ningbo, Shaoxing, Hangzhou and Jiaxing areas. It is held that except for He which belongs to secondary pollution, all pollution elements are of the primary pollution type.