Abstract: Forest rehabilitation project is an important one among six ecological construction programs of newcentury forestry development in China.Based on present research achievements on vegetation restoration and ecological reconstruction in degraded sites of forest rehabilitation areas,new research topics were suggested:selection of droughttolerant tree species and adaptation of introduced species;silvicultural technique systems and artificiallypromoted natural regeneration technology;new technique application to increase seedling survival ratio.Some potential ecological,economic and social profits from vegetation restoration have also been discussed.Finally,some research progresses have been summarized in authors’ project on forest restoration and ecological reconstruction in different experimental plots of degraded sites in China.The results could become a good reference for the practice of forest rehabilitation,including the selection of adaptive tree species and site preparation types and application of super absorbent polymers.