**Abstract**

Forest land fertilization is a supplement and regulation method based on the regular pattern of forest physiological activity and nutrient demand, combined with the ability of soil to supply nutrient elements. We summarized the important achievements and influential events of forest land fertilization and nutrient management in modern times, and discussed the main problems of forest land fertilization at this stage. The main theories of comprehensive nutrition diagnosis method, formula fertilization method, site nutrient effect fertilization model, and ASI-based balanced fertilization method were analyzed. The main scientific research institutions, main tree species, and main research results of forest fertilization research are described. The development trend of the comprehensive nutrition diagnosis method, the combination of forest fertilization theory and environmental ecology principle, the combination of fertilization and forest oriented cultivation goal, the application of precise fertilization technology in forest land, the development of new forest specific fertilizer, the research of plant nutrition molecular genetics, the research of root state and rhizosphere microecosystem, the application of advanced technology and technology, and the development and application of new nonpollution fertilizer were discussed. It is an important research direction to apply the existing research results to forestry production and improve the quality.

**Keywords:** forest land fertilization, nutrient cycle, forest soil, nutrient management, new fertilizer
