Affected by natural factors such as human activities and climate change， some ecosystems in the coastal zone of Shanghai are facing problems such as habitat degradation and damage to ecosystem structure and function， and ecological restoration is urgently needed. In the context of the dual carbon goals， how to guide the ecological protection and restoration of the coastal zone has become a major issue. Based on the physicochemical and location characteristics of the coastal zone， this study extracted the main characteristics of the coastal zone of Shanghai， and sorted out the difficulties of ecological restoration and management caused by natural and human factors such as the contradiction between economic development and ecological protection， the change of water and sediment conditions， and the spread of invasive alien species. It is suggested that the ecological restoration of the coastal zone of Shanghai should explore the green and diversified development model from the perspective of management， carry out the construction of the coastal zone with ecosystem integration from the perspective of restoration technology application， and form a long-term and multi-dimensional ecological restoration effect evaluation system from the perspective of ecological restoration effect tracking， so as to provide reference for the ecological restoration and high-quality development of the coastal zone of Shanghai.