This article presents the current state of pollution in the mining area and its effects on the environment. More and more attention has been paid to the restoration and management of the mining area, and the restoration work is imminent. Subsequently, the importance of vegetation restoration technology for the restoration and management of the pollution of the mining area and current research is described. The status quo, the vegetation restoration with its unique superiority and its good governance effect, has played an important role in the restoration of the mining area, followed by the principles of plant selection for the restoration of vegetation in the mining area and common methods of restoration of vegetation as well as examples of domestic and foreign vegetation use of vegetation for the implementation of Restoration work Finally, the problems and development trend of vegetation restoration in the management of mining areas are proposed.