This article emphatically reviews the difference of soil biological activities, biochemical activities and soil chemical properties between the rhizosphere and non-rhizosphere soil of first rotation of Chinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata (Lamb) Hook) plantation. It also reviews their dynamic patterns during Chinese fir plantation development. The results show that the contents of organic and inorganic nutrients in the rhizosphere soil of young, half-mature and near-mature Chinese fir of first-rotation are more than those in non-rhizosphere soil; except for total K in young Chinese fir plantation. Various patterns of soil nutrients in different stages of Chinese fir plantation development are as follows: available N shows the trend of declination in both rhizosphere soil and non-rhizosphere soil; the content of available P also declines, only increases a little from half-mature stage to near-mature stage, but total P decreases from the beginning to the end. The content of available K increases from youn This article emphatically reviews the difference of soil biological activities, biochemical activities and soil chemical properties between the rhizosphere and non-rhizosphere soil of the first rotation of Chinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata (Lamb) Hook) plantation. It also reviews their dynamic patterns during Chinese fir plantation development. The results show that the contents of organic and inorganic nutrients in the rhizosphere soil of young, half-mature and near-mature Chinese fir of first-rotation are more than those in non-rhizosphere soil; except for total K in young Chinese fir plantation. Various patterns of soil nutrients in different stages of Chinese fir plantation development are as follows: available N shows the trend of declination in both rhizosphere soil and non-rhizosphere soil; the content of available P also declines, only increases a little from half-mature stage to near-mature stage, but total P decreases from the beginning to the end. The content of available K i ncreases from youn