In order to explore the reuse properties of oxidized chelating resin containing sulfur after adsorption, two kinds of novel chelating resins, poly[4-vinylbenzyl-(2-hydroxyethyl)] sulfoxide (PVBSO) and poly[4-vinylbenzyl-(2-hydroxyethyl)] sulfone (PVBSO 2 ), were synthesized using poly[4-vinylbenzyl-(2-hydroxyethyl)] sulfide (PVBS) as material. Their structures were confirmed by FTIR and XPS. The adsorption properties and mechanism for metal ions such as Au 3+ , Pt 4+ , Pd 2+ , Hg 2+ , Cu 2+ , Ni 2+ , Fe 3+ , Pb 2+ , Cd 2+ , and Zn 2+ were investigated. Experimental results showed that PVBSO had good adsorption and selective properties for Au 3+ , Pd 2+ and Cu 2+ when the coexisting ion was Pt 4+ , Ni 2+ , Pb 2+ or Cd 2+ . In the aqueous system containing Cu 2+ and Pb 2+ or Cu 2+ and Cd 2+ , PVBSO 2 only adsorbed Cu 2+ . The selective coefficients of PVBSO and PVBSO 2 were α Au/Pt =4.8, α Au/Pd =11.8, α Pd/Pt =10.9, α Cu/Ni =2.5, α Cu/Cd =41.2, α Cu/Pb =∞, α Cu/Ni =3.0, α Cu/Cd =∞, α Cu/Pb =∞, respectively.