The differences of Cd accumulation and enrichment in soil were studied by 18 maize varieties in the field, in order to select the low accumulation cadmium maize varieties suitable for the Chang-Zhu-Tan area. The results showed that there were significant differences in Cd content in stem and leaf of 18 maize varieties, and there was a significant difference in Cd content in grains; the Cd content of stem and leaf of 15 maize varieties exceeded the requirements of feed hygiene standard (GB 13078-2017), the exceeding rate was 83.33%, and 5 maize varieties exceeded the national food safety standard. The requirements of “limit of pollutants in food” accounted for 27.78% of the tested varieties; the enrichment coefficient of Cd in stem and leaf of 18 maize varieties was 0.28-2.72, the enrichment coefficient of Cd in grain was 0.03-0.30, and the transport coefficient of Cd in grain was 0.03-0.28, all of which were less than 1, indicating that the corn had some absorption capacity to the Cd of soil, but the ability of transferring Cd from stem and leaf to grain was weak, which leads to the low enrichment capacity of Cd in corn seeds. According to the corn yield and the accumulation performance of Cd in the grain, three low accumulation cadmium maize varieties including Yufengyu 88, Fuke 07, Datian 1 suitable for the Chang-Zhu-Tan area were preliminarily selected according to the corn yield and the accumulation performance of Cd in the grain.