China covers a very large area, but the total and average amount of forest resources are always relatively scarce., A retrospect of forest history, shows us that when the activities of human beings took place on the earth, the forest resources began to reduce gradually, indicating that the amount of the forest resources have great connection with the activities of human beings. Especially from the foundation of New China, long term out-of-control logging and unsustainable development cause forest resources and the ecological environment to be seriously reduced. However, although Chinese forest resources still face a large number of complicated problems, they have already begun to recover and to come into the right orbit through listing and analysis a series dates. Additionally, the launching of six key forest resources program’s and the shifting of strategy will take China into a bright future.
1. Introduction
2. General review of Chinese forest resource history
3. Present condition and existing problems of Chinese forest resources
4. Objective and measures for sustainable development of forest resources
5. Summary
6. References