Abstract: By investigating the technological processes and operation effect of 13 sewage treatment plants in 6 towns in Shantou section of the Lianjiang River Basin, the reasons restricting the key problems of rural domestic sewage treatment were analyzed according to the current situation. Combined with the actual situation, the countermeasures and suggestions for the treatment of rural domestic sewage have been put forward scientifically, which would provide reference for rural domestic sewage treatment in Chaozhou and Shantou area.