Abstract: With the further development of forestry construction袁modern forestry is facing more and more problems in collective forest area of South China. Through the systematical SWOT (Strength, Weakness, Opportunity and Threat) analysis, were analyzed, the advantages and disadvantages, the opportunity and threat of modern forestry construction in collective forest area of South China were analyzed, and strategies of modern forestry construction were put forward, including strengthening forest tending and management, promotion of the integration in urban and rural greening, development of characteristic industry and under-forestry economy, to provide important reference and significance to construct modern forestry in collective forest area of South China