Abstract: Soybean is one of the most important food crops in the world. Pest management of soybean usually requires a large amount of chemicals. Integrated pest management（IPM） is to put forward the most reasonable and beneficial management measures from the ecological point of view, taking into full consideration the ecological balance, social security, economic benefits and control effects. This paper summarized the historical background of soybean IPM, took the development of soybean IPM in Brazil and the United States as an example, discussed the importance and main challenges of soybean IPM development to sustainable crop production, and put forward suggestions to adapt to the current soybean production IPM. With the rapid development of transgenic technology, it is necessary to design a modern IPM program that adapts to the new characteristics of plants, so as to provide security for food security and environmental protection.