Abstract: The statistics of 1985 showed：Xinjiang has 17,670,000 mu of natural forest， 7,640,000 mu of thinned forest land，5,140,000 mu of shrub land（Exclusive of thinned shrubbery），and 2.3 ×10⁸ m³ of total growing stock．The cover-rate reaches 1.12% （inclusive of the plain artificial forest）being 28th in the Provinces of China，placed as a rare forest Province Region．The article analysed the existing problems of Xinjiang forestry： the mature forest resource is decreasing，the detachable resource is lacking； the young growth resource is poor，the resource structure loses balance；diversified-leaved poplar forest，river valley forest and desert shrubbery resource is diminishing by large scale，the local ecological environment deterioration appears；the forest farm's management is monotonous with extensive admini stration，short of investment input．The paper proposed also the concrete scope and measure of developing Xinjiang forestry.