The invention provides a new strain-Rhodococcus sp. ZJPH1003 and an application thereof in preparing S-(+)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropane carboxylic acid through microbial catalytic asymmetric hydrolysis of 2,2-dimethylcyclopropane ethyl formate. The strain is conserved at China Center for Type Culture Collection, the conservation address is Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, postcode 430072, the conservation number is CCTCC M 2010371, and the conservation date is December 29, 2010. In the invention, the adopted method for preparing the S-(+)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropane carboxylic acid through microbial catalytic asymmetric hydrolysis of the 2,2-dimethylcyclopropane ethyl formate by utilizing the new microbial strain has the advantages of novel route, high yield, environmental friendliness and the like; and by utilizing a chiral biocatalysis method which takes a Rhodococcus ZJPH1003 cell as a catalyst, for the target product-S-(+)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropane carboxylic acid, the e.e can reach 82.5% and the yield can reach 41.3% when the substrate concentration is 30mmol / L.