[Objective] The paper was to study effects of different salt treatments on growth and physiological activity of sunflower seedlings,in order to provide a theoretical basis for sunflower cultivation in saline soil. [Method] With 567 DW sunflower as the material,effects of different concentrations of NaCl (0,0.06,0.12,0.18,0.24 mol/L) on growth and physiological activity of sunflower seedlings were studied. [Result]With the increasing concentration of NaCl,the morphological indexes of sunflower decreased significantly; MDA content increased,while Pro content and POD activity first increased and then decreased. Under the treatment of 0.12 mol/L,Pro content and POD activity reached the maximum value,respectively. [Conclusion] The critical salt-tolerance concentration of sunflower was about 0.12 mol/L.