The invention belongs to the field of forensic DNA examination and analysis and in particular relates to a miniSTR (short tandem repeat) typing kit used for trace degradation of biological samples. The kit adopts ZNA primers instead of traditional DNA primers and simultaneously carries out multiplex amplification on 12 miniSTR loci and a gender recognition locus, wherein the 12 miniSTR loci are D20S1082, D6S474, D12ATA63, D9S1122, D2S1776, D1S1627, D3S4529, D2S441, D4S2364, D3S3053, D17S1301 and D21S11; and the gender recognition locus is Amelogenin. The STR typing kit provided by the invention combines the miniSTR typing technology with ZNA primer amplification, is suitable for the Chinese population and the minority population, is suitable for trace and high degradation of biological samples and has the effect of greatly improving the typing sensitivity and accuracy.