Pulp mills and sawmills in China
WoodComp tracks 17 operating pulp mills and 2 sawmills in China, with capacity, status and location as open data. China holds 227.2 M ha of forest, 24 % of its land area, led by Oak and Fir.
Wood supply
- Forest area
- 227.2 M ha
- 24 % of land area
- Standing volume
- 21.2 bn m3
- growing stock, over bark
- Industrial roundwood
- 191 M m3/y
- production
Forest types
share of forest area- Primary 5.7 % · 13.0 M ha
- Other naturally regenerating 53.5 % · 121.6 M ha
- Other planted 11.0 % · 25.0 M ha
- Plantation 29.8 % · 67.6 M haone or two species, one age class
Tree species
share of growing stock- Oak 7.6 %
- Fir 6.5 %
- Larch 5.9 %
- China fir 5.8 %
- Birch 4.7 %
- Other species 69.4 %
All 15 reported species
- Oak7.6 %1 489 M m3Quercus
- Fir6.5 %1 279 M m3Abies
- Larch5.9 %1 160 M m3Larix
- China fir5.8 %1 137 M m3Cunninghamia lanceolata
- Birch4.7 %925 M m3Betula
- Spruce4.7 %914 M m3Picea
- Manson pine3.3 %647 M m3Pinus massoniana
- Popular2.9 %572 M m3furnish of 2 local facilitiesPopulus
- Yunan pine2.7 %524 M m3Pinus yunnanensis
- Alpine pine1.7 %326 M m3Pinus densata
- Eucalyptintroduced1.4 %265 M m3furnish of 9 local facilitiesEucalyptus
- Foreign pineintroduced0.4 %77 M m3Pinus elliottii
- Locustintroduced0.3 %60 M m3Robinia pseudoacacia
- Acaciaintroduced0.1 %16 M m3furnish of 2 local facilitiesAcacia mangium
- Coast oakintroduced0.0 %2 M m3Casuarina equisetifolia
Introduced species hold 2.1 % of the reported growing stock. FAO ranks the ten largest native and five largest introduced species, together 48.0 % of the total.
The facilities on this page report Eucalyptus (9), Mixed Hardwood (3), Bamboo (2), Acacia (2), Poplar (2) and OCC (1) as furnish. The species matching that demand hold 4.4 % of the growing stock. Removals by species are not reported internationally, so this is a comparison of demand and standing forest, not a balance.
Forest, species and production figures: FAO FRA 2025 and FAOSTAT (2024-2025).
- Pulp mills
- 19
- Sawmills
- 2
- Operating
- 19
- Operating pulp capacity
- 11 780 000
- t/y pulp
- Sawn timber capacity
- -
Capacity is the sum over 15 of 17 operating pulp mills with a reported capacity (t/y). Sawn timber capacity covers 0 of 2 operating sawmills with a reported figure. Data last updated 2026-09-14.
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