With the improvement of environmental protection awareness,the vegetation restoration of coal mine dump has become an important part of mine ecological management.The main research progress of vegeta-tion restoration in coal mine dump in recent years was reviewed in this paper,including soil improvement,selec-tion of suitable plant species,ecological engineering technology and other measures,and the future research di-rection was prospected.The important role of soil improvement in vegetation restoration was introduced,including improving soil physical and chemical properties,increasing soil fertility and water retention ability.Then,the im-portance of selecting suitable plant species for vegetation restoration was expounded,especially selecting plant species with strong adaptability and ecological functions.In addition,some emerging ecological engineering tech-nologies,such as bioengineering and alternate planting of plants,which are of great significance to improve the efficiency and effect of vegetation restoration were also discussed.