Abstract: AHP and Euclidean distance were used to research the soil habitat conditions and site conditions under different vegetation types so as to assess the relationships between soil habitat conditions and vegetation regeneration in Zhangye City, Gansu Province. The results showed that, according to the vegetation regeneration difficulty index, the vegetation regeneration difficulty was divided into four levels, [WTBX]i.e.[WTBZ] the level Ⅰ easy to regenerate vegetation (0-0.424), level Ⅱ with moderate difficult to regenerate vegetation (0.425-0.56), level Ⅲ with difficult to regenerate vegetation (0.57-0.774), and level Ⅳ with extreme difficult to regenerate vegetation (0.775-1). The factors restricting the vegetation regeneration in the city were mainly the soil moisture content and soil gravel content. The difficulties in regenerating vegetation were closely related to the vegetation types, soil conditions and habitat conditions. On the basis of the assessment, some suggestions were put forward for regenerating vegetation in Zhangye City based on the different difficulties.