(1) Background--The following problems generally exist in the researches of forestry economy at present : advocating tool-oriented research methods and complexity of research processes and ignoring problem-oriented research methods and purpose-first research processes; Seeking the black-box analysis of "literatures + software" and avoiding the actual system structures and mechanism analysis ; Coping with the complexity of the changing research objects and its environments with rigid procedures. These practices make academic researches divorced from practical needs and far from the solution of scientific problems, and meanwhile they also imprison the formation of academic ideas and the production of innovation achievements. (2) Methods--It is a good solution to study forestry economy by using the thoughts and methods of system engineering. First, set up the system view of forestry economy, deeply understand the specific attributes and movement laws of forestry economy system. Then, analyze the problems of forestry economy by using the general theory of system science and the general methods of system analysis, study the specific system attributes of forestry economy system such as its purpose, structure and function, and establish the whole model of the system view of forestry economy. (3) Results--In the aspect of system structure, the aggregation, relevance and hierarchy of forestry economic system are studied. It studies the transitive hierarchy by taking the ecological footprint systems of national parks as an example, studies the resolving hierarchy by taking the forestry industry systems as an example, and studies the mixed hierarchy by taking the production systems of forestry enterprises as an example. In the aspect of system function, it studies the integrality marked by the combination effect of forestry ecological economy, the dynamics featured by the significant hysteresis effect of "ten years to grow trees", and the self-organization as the internal driving force of sustainable development. Meanwhile, it also studies the openness as a bridge between forest ecosystems and socio-economic systems, the environmental adaptability towards forest ecosystems and the environmental adaptability towards socio-economic systems. In the aspect of system purpose, by using the whole model and feedback mechanism of forestry economic system, it studies the resolving methods of the system purpose based on the system function effect feedback and establishes the resolving system of "function→purpose" which takes the green development of forestry economy as the overall purpose. (4) Proposals--Forestry economic system has three kinds of attributes : purpose, structure and function. Among them, the system structure includes three aspects : aggregation, relevance and hierarchy. According to its proximity to the external environment, the system function can be divided into inner function and outer function. The inner function includes integrality, dynamics and self-organization of the system, while the outer function includes openness and environmental adaptability. The research shows that the system purpose of forestry economic system determines the structure and function of the system, and the system function embodies the order and ability of the interaction between the system and the environment, and the effects of this interaction in turn improve the purpose, structure, and function of the system through its organization and self-organization processes. It can be seen that each attribute of forestry economic system interacts with each other and forms a feedback system. It not only explains the general principles of the forestry economic system, but also provides useful enlightenment for the study of the system structures and operation mechanisms of various specific forestry economic problems, which is helpful to solve various complicated problems in the development of China's forestry economy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]