Choice of Species in China's Plantation Forestry

This paper reviews the new developments in the choice of tree species for China’s plantation forestry in relation to forest regionalization and site classification. After a brief discussion on the fundamental principles of choosing species,it gives the statistical data of the species composition of established forest plantations and recommendation for suitable tree species for plantations in some important forestry regions. Results of studies in 3 different cases have been given to illustrate the research approach in choice of tree species in accordance with the planting sites.