In the present study, the rice plants containing samples of tillering and mature stage, and corresponding soil samples ( red and purple soils) were collected from the industrial and mining area in central Hunan Province. Then the transfer characteristics of Pb in soil?rice system were analyzed using enrichment coefficient, transfer coefficient and accumulation coefficient. The results showed that the concentration order of Pb in the different parts of mature rice was in the order of:root>stem leaf> chaff> brown rices and the enrichment coefficient was 55. 07%, 8. 13%, 2. 47%, 0. 10%, respectiv...