(1) Background-Realizing coordinated development of ecology and economy has become a new driving force for improving the quality of green economy development and promoting modernization. The existing researches are more inclined to make a single evaluation of the synergistic relationship between high-level protection of forestry ecology and high-quality development of forestry economy in a specific period, lack the judgment of the long-term change trend of this relationship and the discussion on the specific issues such as the change of forestry policies and the optimization of forestry systems according to the trend. (2) Methods-The paper first analyzed the rationality and necessity of the coordinated development of high-level protection of forestry ecology and high-quality development of forestry economy. Then, from the perspective of synergy between high-level protection and high-quality development, this paper evaluated the effect of high-level protection of forestry ecology and the level of high-quality development of forestry economy from 2007 to 2021 by using ecological footprint model and entropy method, and identified the types of synergistic relationship between the two through coupling coordination degree model. Finally, the gray prediction model was used to predict and analyze the coupling coordination degree between them. (3) Results-First, from 2007 to 2021, Chinas forestry ecosystem has always been in a state of ecological surplus and strong sustainability, and has achieved positive results in the construction of forestry ecology. Second, the development level of China s forestry economy shows a fluctuating growth trend on the whole from 2007 to 2021. Factor driving force has a significant long-board effect on the high-quality development of forestry economy, while environmental carrying capacity has a significant short-board effect on the high-quality development of forestry economy. The policy of reducing logging and limiting logging, especially the policy of "prohibiting logging", has had a certain impact on the high-quality development of forestry economy in a certain period of time. Third, from 2007 to 2021, the synergistic relationship between high-level protection of forestry ecology and high-quality development of forestry economy in China continues to improve, and the coupling development effect between the two is better than the coordinated development effect. Fourth, it is predicted that by 2030, the syner-gistic relationship between high-level protection of forestry ecology and high-quality development of forestry economy in China will maintain an excellent level of coordinated development for a long time. (4) Conclusions and Discussions-The level of high-quality development of China s forestry economy shows a trend of fluctuating growth on the whole. Factor driving force and environmental carrying capacity have significant long-board and short-board effects on the level of high-quality development of forestry economy, respectively. In addition, forest logging reduction and limiting, especially the policy of "forbidden logging", have caused a certain impact on the development of forestry economy in a certain period of time. With the improvement of the level of forestry ecological industrialization, the impact of this kind of impact is gradually alleviated. The synergistic relationship between high-level protection of forestry ecology and high-quality development of forestry economy continues to improve. It is predicted that by 2030, the synergistic relationship between high-level protection of forestry ecology and high-quality development of forestry economy in China will maintain an excellent level of coordinated development for a long time. In order to achieve overall and balanced development, it is necessary to pay attention to and support the transformation and upgrading of forestry economy and promote the cultivation and development of forestry ecological economy. Under the premise of consolidating the effect of forestry ecological protection, we must adhere to the development concept of green economy, explore the new impetus for the transformation and upgrading of forestry economy, and deepen the practice paths of forestry ecological industrialization innovation, so as to continuously improve the synergistic relationship between forestry ecological protection and forestry economic development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]