**Abstract**

An innovative cultivation technique for Chinese medicinal herbs had been practiced in China, which led a new road for medicinal herbs production without input of chemical fertilizer and chemical pesticides. The organic practice was based on the principle of biodiversity for pest control. An example of *Panax notoginseng* (Burk.) F. H. Chen was chosen for explaining cultivation technology under forest. The key technologies for *P. notoginseng* cultivation under forest include forest land selection, land tillage, seedling breeding and transplanting, and on-farm organic management. These technologies can standardize herbs production in large-scale under forest, and the quality and safety of *P. notoginseng* can be effectively improved without applying chemical pesticides and chemical fertilizer in the production process.

**Keywords:** Chinese herbs, cultivation under forest, biodiversity for pest control, organic production
