This work is devoted to the prospects for cooperation between Russia and China in the development of the forestry complex. The available data on various aspects of interaction between the two states in this regard are analyzed. The importance of the PRC market for the further development of the forestry complex of the Russian Federation was emphasized. The author put forward a number of proposals on further methods of developing cooperation between Russia and the PRC in the forestry sector, by creating a system, exporting goods along the NSR, developing forest plantations and a number of other progressive methods of management.