Recent Status of the Development and Strategies of Exploitation of Non-wood Forest Products in China

The article comprehensively introduced the present state of development and the strategies of exploitation of non-wood forest products in China.Some products,such as Camellia oleifera Abel., Vernicia fordii(Hemsl.)Airy shaw, Toxidendron vernicifluum(Stokes)P. A. Barkl, Castanea mollissima Blume, Eucmmia ulmoides Oliv, Gingo biloba L. etc.,have been cultivated for a long time,and their output is the biggest in the world. Some products,such as tung oil,walnut kernel,Chinese chestnut,apricot fruit,Chinese gall and Chinese lacquer,are famous for their quality in the world. A great many of devolopment have been achieved in the exploiting of some products in recent years. For example,the rate of gotten oil by heating interfusion and pressaring squeeze is 14.07% higher than that by usual method;the problem of precipitation has been solved in processing Chinese chestnut can;it has been discovered that there exists SOD in fruits of Hippophae rhamnoides L.;elastoplast and thermoplastic have been made with gutta percha;a kind of endo-fungi has been isolated from the bark of taxus,and it has been confirmed that this kind of endo-fungi can synthesize taxol etc. However,due to the appearance of large quantity of synthetic products,the market of the products of economical forest has been impacked. The lower level of researches has affected the processing quality and economical value. To promote the profit,we should take the following strategies:first,advanced techniques and facilities should be intruduced to enforce the researches of chemical ingredients analysis,to exploit and synthesize high value products;second,we should exploit the resources of edible vegetable oil; third,we should make use of the experience of other countries in exploiting wild plants resources and stride forward to do better research and produce better products.