To improve and diversify the use of tropical plantation timbers in Southern China, with support from International Tropical Timber Organizations (ITTO), a research project was started in 2002 focusing on development of processing and manufacturing technologies to promote production of value-added wood products from eucalypts plantations. This project will also facilitate the formulation of forest management strategy in China to supplement the diminishing supply of timber from the natural forests. The specific objectives of the project are to develop and to adopt processing techniques for solid wood products from existing eucalyptus plantations and to evaluate the suitability of newly-planted eucalyptus for higher value-added solid wood products and to transfer the technologies obtained and to disseminate scientific knowledge to relevant aspects. This paper also presents primary sawing and drying experiment results of the project. The sawing and drying experiments were carried out on 4 eucalypts species To improve and diversify the use of tropical plantation timbers in Southern China, with support from International Tropical Timber Organizations (ITTO), a research project was started in 2002 focusing on the development of processing and manufacturing technologies to promote production of value-added wood products from This project will also facilitate the formulation of forest management strategy in China to supplement the diminishing supply of timber from the natural forests. The specific objectives of the project are to develop and to adopt processing techniques for solid wood products from existing eucalyptus plantations and to evaluate the suitability of newly-planted eucalyptus for higher value-added solid wood products and to transfer the technologies obtained and to disseminate scientific knowledge to relevant aspects. This paper also presents primary sawing and drying experiment results of the project. The sawing and drying experiments were carried out on 4 eucalypts species