Abstract: The forest land circulation disputes appear in different forms and there are many outstanding issues in the legal process of law application.Forestry right system reform requires the application of the law of the forest land circulation disputes should be based on the principles that administrative disputes,civil damages and criminal liability are taken as a priority. Underlying causes of various problems in application of the law such as the ownership,validity of contract and the main issues in forest land circulation should be identified. Through the analysis of two aspects of the substantive law and procedural law,right solutions shall be worked out for dealing with transfer dispute of collective forest land.

Key words: forest land circulation disputes, applicable law, substantive law, procedural law