Acrylic resin (PAA) has excellent water-absorbing and water-retainingproperties and can be used as a water-retaining agent in agriculture. However,its poor salt-resisting and degradation properties limit its application, it usuallyneeds to be modified. In this thesis, the modified acrylic resin was prepared byaqueous solution polymerization with sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC),acrylamide-isobutane methylene propane sulfonic acid AMPS, in distilled water,the water absorption ratio was increased from 1929.3g/g to 2847.17g/g, and innormal saline, the water absorption ratio was increased from 75.4g/G to 130.9g/g. The results of SEM showed that AMPS/CMC modification could increase thenumber of folds and voids, and increase the diameter of the resin. The results ofsoil application showed that AMPS/CMC modified resin could be degraded by52% at 36 ℃ for 9h, when the germination rate of soybean was added and theAMPS/CMC modified resin was degraded by 0.5% enzyme solution. Therefore,as a water-retaining agent, it has a good synergistic effect with soil, and has agood application prospect in the field of agricultural soil water-retaining.