Abstract:Technological progress is an important driver of total factor productivity growth in forestry. Focus on the relationship among the bias of forestry technology progress, factor allocation and total factor productivity. It provides quantitative support for giving full play to the driving force of technological progress in forestry, and helps China's forestry economy to develop in high quality. Panel data of 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities ) in China from 2005 to 2021 are used to construct the transcendental logarithmic production functions of the full sample and the four regions respectively for empirical analysis. The results found that: technological progress bias and factor allocation status are important engines of total factor productivity growth in forestry in China; there are regional differences in total factor productivity (TFP) growth in forestry, with TFP growth rates declining in all regions, but to different degrees; the technological progress bias does not always contribute to total TFP in forestry, and technological progress in forestry in the four regions is biased towards capital and forest land in most years; the total factor inputs in forestry in some regions are not fully compatible with the state of factor efficiency, and the allocation of factors needs further improvement; the technological progress and changes in technological efficiency are regionally different. Based on these findings, suggestions are put forward to promote the growth of total factor productivity in forestry in China in terms of encouraging interregional exchanges and cooperation, adjusting the direction of production technology progress, improving the allocation of factors, and enhancing the capacity of scientific and technological innovation.