Chinese Government always pays special attention to resource and environmental issues, therefore, resource saving and environmental protection are part of the basic state policies. This paper provides a brief summary of the key policies which guide the practices in promoting timber conservation and efficient utilization in order to meeting social demands of the wood uses. In the paper, the development and activities of standards and requirements for the timber and wood products utilization at the state level with the governmental supports are also described. The major achievements on conservation and efficient utilization of timber in China have been reported in the paper as well. Personally, the author hopes to enhance communication and cooperation with the members from international wood conservation and research organizations and experts in wood product industry so that to contribute more to improve timber saving and efficient utilization, conserve world forest resources and maintain world ecological balance.

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