Based on the recent published literatures, this paper briefly states the commonly used pesticides in China’s tea production, compares their domestic and international maximum residue limits, summarizes the relevant main detection techniques, concludes the application and characteristics of sample pretreatment technologies ,such as solid phase microextraction, liquid phase microextraction, dispersive solid phase extraction, and analytical methods in the analysis of pesticide residues in tea samples, including gas chromatography, liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry, immunoassay. The future development trend about the analysis of pesticides in tea is also prospected. This review provides a reference for the further study on analytical methods of pesticides in tea.