Central South University of Forestry and Technology was founded in 1958, located in Changsha City, Hunan Province. It is a provincial university and a provincial key university established by the State Forestry and Grassland Bureau and the Hunan Provincial People's Government. It is the first provincial university with a graduate school in Hunan Province, formerly known as Central South Forestry College, in June 2005.
The school is a basic capacity building project for universities in the central and western regions, an education and training plan for outstanding agricultural and forestry talents, a key discipline project with national characteristics, and a planned university in Hunan Province. There are Hunan Beiliu National Forest Park and Hunan Green Development Research Institute, which cover nine disciplines: science, engineering, agriculture, literature, economics, law, management, teaching and art. They are mobile stations for postdoctoral research. 1963, under the direct care of the former China people and Comrade Tao Zhu, the first secretary of the State Council Central South Bureau, Hunan Forestry College moved to Guangzhou and merged with the Forestry Department of South China Agricultural College to form Central South Forestry College, which was directly under the management of the State Forestry Department.
Since the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan", the school has undertaken more than 4,200 scientific research projects at all levels, with an average annual research funding of 654.38 billion yuan, including 238 national scientific research projects such as national science and technology support (key research and development) projects, national natural science foundation projects, national social science foundation projects, and national forestry public welfare industry major projects, and provincial and ministerial projects1kloc-0/54. Won the second prize of national scientific and technological progress, national innovation award 1, and 67 provincial and ministerial scientific research achievement awards, including the first prize 10; Won the national teaching achievement award 1 item, 2 third prizes for outstanding achievements in national education and scientific research, 2 first prizes for provincial teaching achievements, 5 second prizes, 3 third prizes 1 item, 3 first prizes for outstanding achievements in education and scientific research and 3 third prizes1item. Authorized invention patents, utility models, designs and software copyrights 1500, including more than 460 invention patents; He has published more than 8,000 academic papers and more than 220 monographs and teaching materials. The school has published academic journals such as Journal of Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Economic Forest Research, Furniture and Interior Decoration. Among them, Journal of Central South University of Forestry and Technology was selected as the "Fourth China Excellent Sci-tech Journal", and the influencing factors of economic forest research ranked first among the national horticultural and forestry journals.