新世纪以来,随着经济社会的快速发展,人们对林业的认识正在发生深刻变化。从全球范围看,生态恶化、气候变暖、能源短缺等问题日益突出。林业具有缓解这些问题的多种功能,因而成为国际社会关注的焦点、国际交流合作的重点、重大外交活动的热点,世界范围内形成了加快林业发展的热潮。 Since the new century, with the rapid economic and social development, people’s understanding of forestry is undergoing profound changes. Globally, the problems of ecological deterioration, climate warming and energy shortage have become increasingly prominent. Forestry has many functions to alleviate these problems. Therefore, it has become the focus of the international community, the focus of international exchanges and cooperation, the hot spot of major diplomatic activities, and the upsurge of accelerating forestry development in the world.