In order to study the effects of nutrient addition on plant composition,structure and diversity pat-tern of Leymus Secalinus grassland in northern Shanxi Province,the plant diversity and productivity of grassland community were analyzed by adding nitrogen and phosphorus.The results showed that the Shannon-Wiener diversity index,Pielou evenness index and Margalef richness index were not significantly affected by short-term N and P addition.The results also implied that the effects of addition of N and P alone on grassland productivity were insignificant,whereas,addition of N and P at the same time increased the aboveground biomass,and significantly reduced the root shoot ratio of plant community by increasing the proportion of forb in grassland community.There was a significant positive correlation between community diversity and productivity of Leymus Seca-linus grassland.