A method was developed for the determination of trace Pb2+in surface water by microwave plasma atomic emission spectrometry with ion imprinted polymer solid phase extraction（IISPE/MP-AES）.The ion imprinted polymer microspheres（IIPMs） were synthesized via Pickering emulsion polymerization with Pb2+as template ions.Results showed that IIPMs exhibited a porous structure with an average particle diameter of 266 μm，which resulted in their high selectivity and monolayer adsorption toward Pb2+.The solid phase extraction process was conducted with IIPMs as sorbent and 5%nitric acid as elution solvent.Factors affecting preconcentration such as pH value，cycle number，concentration and adding amount of Pb2+were investigated.Under the optimized experimental conditions，the limits of detection（LODs） of the method were 026 μg/L，and the spiked recoveries were in the range of 924%-988%with relative standard deviations（RSDs） not more than 41%.The combination of IIPMs-SPE and MP-AES was successfully applied in the determination of trace lead in surface water.