Abstract: Timber security in China is now in an insecure situation. This issure is complicated by a number of different factors such as extensive management of forest resources, weak self-sufficiency, increase of timber demand, big gap between supply and demand, conflicts in foreign trade, tough situation in international timber trade, low level of timber industry development, and low efficiency of resources utilization. To guarantee timber security in China, the basic strategies are to speed up the development of intensively-managed plantations, to improve forest management for enhancing the quality and quantity of forest resources and to use timber resources wisely to raise the comprehansive utilization efficiency. The measures to be adopted incdude establishment of a state-owned forest management mechanism, speeding up of state-owned forest reform, overall implementation of forest management projects and vigorous development of intensively-managed plantations. Additionally, the potentials of the plain forestry shall be fully tapped to ensure the good and smooth development of the plain forestry. More input shall be given to forestry science, technology and education. Progress in science and technology shall be made use of to improve the efficiency of forest resources cultivation and the creativity of timber industry in science and technology. Great importance shall be attached to the strategic research on supply and demand of overseas timber resources. A long-term plan shall be developed for making full use of international forest resources. The government policies shall be implemented to ensure timber security and the forestry administrative sector shall be given the functions of the timber industry and timber security management mechanism.

Key words: guarantee, timber security, reseach on countermeasures