Objective To know the air benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) pollution level in a cokeplant of Chongqing Iron & Steel Group. Methods The concentrations of B[a]P in coke oven operating environment were determined by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) in different places of work in Sep. 2008.B[a]P concentration at different distances on the surrounding regions of cokeplant and real-timemonitoring in every quarter around the different functional areas was conducted. Results The air B[a]P concentration in the cokeplant was descending following the order the top of coke oven, the side of coke oven, the bottom of coke oven. B [a]P concentrations of oven bottom, oven side, oven top showed a gradual increase tendency with the extension of the sampling time (P