Abstract: A method and an electronic device for pedestrian re-identification are provided. The method may include: collecting a target image set including at least two target images, where each target image includes at least one person; extracting a global feature and a head-shoulder feature of each person in each target image in the target image set, where the global feature is an overall appearance feature, and the head-shoulder feature is a feature of a head part and a shoulder part determining a representation feature of each person in each target image based on the global feature and the head-shoulder feature of each person in each target image; and determining a given person in different target images based on the representation feature of each person in each target image.