The comprehensive utilization of saline soils becomes a national strategy. In this review, techniques and methods of saline soil utilization both inland and abroad are introduced, salt-resistant mechanism of halophyte is briefly discussed, strategy and method of identification and evaluation of salt-tolerant crop are elucidated, and their advantage and disadvantage are pointed out, strategy and method of salt-tolerant crop breeding are systematically elucidated. Finally, the key techniques of crop cultivation in saline soil are introduced, the current issues in utilization of saline soils are discussed and the perspectives are suggested.