近年来,我国木材年缺口达3000~4000万m~3,近期由于天然林保护工程的实施,木材供需矛盾更加尖锐.展望下一个世纪,工业人工林的培育已成为我国木材供应和环境建设的必然选择.该文从我国工业人工林的现状出发,系统论述了发展工业用材林在我国林业建设中的战略意义,并指出目前我国工业人工林建设需要解决的几个问题.“,”Recently, because of the implement of the protection project of the natural forest in China, which went into effect after 1998, the shortage of wood has raised up to 30~40 million cubic meter per year, and the shortage will be more and more serious in the near future, so the cultivation of the industrial plantation has became a necessary choice in the wood supply and the environmental construction next century. Based on the current status of the industrial plantation in China, this paper discussed the strategic importance of developing the industrial forest, and pointed out several problems, which need to be settle today, in the construction of industrial plantation.