Advances in Ecological Economy

Based on the Cowick distribution lag model, this paper provides a detailed analysis of Chinas forestry current and capital expenditure data from 1952 to 2018, aiming to explore the optimisation path of Chinas forestry investment structure. Through the statistics and modelling of the data, the growth trend and proportional relationship between forestry current and capital expenditures were analysed, and the optimised investment rate of Chinas forestry was calculated accordingly. It is found that there are irrational phenomena in the investment structure of Chinas forestry, especially the high proportion of capital expenditure, which affects the long-term stable development of forestry. Combined with the current affairs and politics and forestry policies, this paper puts forward suggestions to optimise the forestry investment structure in order to promote the sustainable development of Chinas forestry economy.

Forestry funding; Forestry recurrent expenditures; Forestry capital expenditures; Cowick model-ling