Rice is one of the moderate saline-alkaline sensitiveness crops.The different kinds of varieties,growth stage,organ and soil of saline-alkaline result in the dissimilarities of saline-alkaline tolerance.When rice suffered from saline-alkaline stress,seed sprouting postponed,seeding rate decreased,growth and development inhibited,panicles initiation hindered,tillering delayed,total tillering numbers,yields and quality decreased.The recent progresses of physiological mechanism,transporter,genetic,QTL analysis based on molecular markers,molecular signal conduction,gene clone and transform for saline-alkaline tolerance in rice were reviewed,and the research direction in the future was discussed.