North-West China is an arid region where the sa1ine soil is widely distributed, and therefore is rich in halophyte plants. Very little is known on the rhizospheric soil of the halophytes in this arid desert region, as few research works had been done. We conducted a rhizobag experiment on desert solonchak soil to investigate the salt and nutrient content of the rhizospheric soil of the desert halophytes, and to compare them with the bulk soil. The results revealed that soil salts were accumulated in the rhizosphere of desert halophytes, with total salt and the concentrations of major ions increased for both succulent halophytes and salt secrete halophytes, but this increase was insignificant for salt-resisting halophytes. Accumulation of Cl^-and Na⁺ is the most significant among the 8 major ions. The SO₄^2-/ Cl^- ratio of rhizosphere decreased remarkably in succulent halophytes and salt secrete halophyte, as comparing to bulk soil, and this indicated that accumulation of Cl^- was more significant than SO₄^2-. The Na⁺/ K+，Na⁺/ Ca²⁺，Na⁺/ Mg²⁺ ratio in the rhizosphere were higher than bulk soil to all seven halophytes. Total N increased significantly in the rhizosphere, but total P and total K decreased. However, the available N, P and K in the rhizosphere behaved in an opposite way: with available N decreased but available P and available K increased in the rhizosphere except for Phragmites communis Trin. Deficit of available N is the most significant, and accumulation of available P and available K were the least for Salsola nitraria Pall. among all seven halophytes. The ionic contents of the above ground part of the plants were higher than the underground part in all seven halophytes, especially for Cl^-，Na⁺、Ca²⁺and K+. Accumulation of Cl^- and Na⁺ in the aboveground part of the plant were the most significant among 8 major ions, which coincided with the ionic accumulation in the rhizosphere, especially for succulent halophytes and salt secrete halophyte.