From IFR Special Issue: A Brief Overview of China’s Timber Market
By Xiufang Sun, Liqun Wang, Zhenbin Gu - Forest Trends, School of Economics and Management, Beijing Forestry University, School of Economics and Management, Beijing Forestry University View PublicationChina’s timber market system has undertaken reforms as China adopts market liberalization. Timber production and distribution were monopolized by the government prior to the 1980s but a gradual transition from state allocation to market liberalization occurred during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Currently timber producers are allowed to market their timber
directly to different buyers, although timber harvest and transport remain under state supervision.