Some thoughts on reform of Chinese key state owned forest regions

The key state owned forest regions are important timber production bases and bear the responsibility forthe ecological protection of approximately half territory of China.For the purposes of realizing sustainable management of forest resources and sustainable development of economy and society of forest regions,and for establishing new harmonious forest regions,the author holds that further reform should be carried out.Thereformwill focus on the following aspects :property system,forest ownership,administration system of forestregions,and management mechanism of enterprises.Based on the current practices,the author sums up four models of the reform.