Abstract: Based the forest resource inventory data of Experimental Center of Tropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, the annual cut of Masson pine (Pinus massoniana) and Chinese-fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata) timber forests were calculated by multi-goal programming and traditional rotation cutting formulas separately, and the different results for the same management period (2009-2019) from these two approaches were discussed. It shows that the harvest is generally larger by rotation cutting formulas, and the annual economic benefits of unit area by goal programming is 10-20 times that by rotation cutting formulas. Application of goal programming in forest harvest can regulate forest structure for normal forest, make forest better and achieve the maximum timber harvest and production and maximum net present value.