Abstract:The inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry（ICP-MS）was employed for the determination of 16 rare earth elements（REEs）in 45 tea samples collected from the same cultivation and management conditions in Hubei Wuhan in order to study the difference of rare earth elements in different tea cultivars.The results showed that the contents of the rare earth element ranged from 209.81 μg/kg to 1 415.62 μg/kg in the tea samples with the average was 555.02 μg/kg.The content of rare earth elements in suitable oolong tea varieties was generally higher than that in suitable green tea varieties.The contents of 16 rare earth elements in tea samples were significant.The content of Ce was the highest in all varieties，followed by La，with the average content of 190.00 μg/kg and 102.61 μg/kg，respectively.The content of light rare earth was higher than heavy rare earth.Although the content distribution of the light rare earth elements in different tea cultivars presented significant differences，but showed similar abundance curve.1 variety with low-absorption rare earth elements，2 varieties with enriched rare earth elements，1 variety with selective absorption of rare earth elements were selected from 45 tea varieties.Thus providing reference for the next screening of anti-REE tea cultivars and studying the mechanism of REE adsorption by tea plants.