This paper took the pilot project of the treatment of heavy metal - contaminated cultivated land (THMCL) in Chang-Zhu-Tan region in 2014 as a quasi-natural experiment,and empirically tested the green development effect of the THMCL by SBM-Undesirable model and Difference-in-Difference Method. The results show that: (1) theoretically,the THMCL affects the level of regional green development from the following four aspects,green policy supply,green technology innovation,green capital support,and green bonus spillover. (2) the pilot project of the THMCL in Chang - Zhu - Tan region has significant...