Abstract: In 2009, China launched the pilot project of premium subsidies for forest insurance，which greatly increased the forest insurance participation rate of the foresters. However, as the existing insurance products and subsidy policies cannot fully meet the foresters爷demand, the willingness to pay for forest insurance is not strong. Therefore, studying the factors that affect farmers爷demand for forest insurance will help to optimize and improve forest insurance policies. Theoretically, factors impacting the demand for forest insurance can be divided into three types, namely subjective, operational and objective. From the above three types, this paper reviews the main literatures both at home and abroad, and further to put forward the key issues in the future research on the demand of forest insurance.