The invention provides a method for screening lead/cadmium repair tolerant plants from a metal smelting region, and relates to a plant repair method for heavy metal lead and cadmium contaminated soil. The method includes the following steps that 1, the varieties of crops and wild plants mainly planted locally are surveyed in the metal smelting region; 2, according to the field survey result, mainly-cultivated plants and wild plants on the periphery of the smelting region are selected, roots, stems, leaves, fruits and the like of the plants are collected, the contents of heavy metals at all the portions of the plants are analyzed in a laboratory, and plants with high tolerance and accumulation are screened out; 3, the plants which are screened out are planted in artificially-simulated high-concentration heavy metal contaminated soil, and the plant growth condition is observed in the plant growth process. According to the method, the repair plants are screened from a heavy metal contaminated zone, pertinence is high, the screening process is simple, and the screening success rate is high. The situation that newly-introduced plants do not adapt to local environments, so that the growth condition is not good, and the repair effect is affected can be avoided, and the plant repair cost is reduced.