Abstract: Based on the field study of forest littlefall collection, this paper dealt with carbon dynamics of forest litter under six landuse types in the subtropical China in 2004. The results showed that: (1) Carbon amount of litterfall of the naturally secondly stands and masson pines formed doublepeak in Mar.and Jun., Feb.and Apr., respectively, while Chinese fir stand, Ph.praecox and moso stand formed singlepeak in Dec., Mar., May and Jun. respectively. (2) Carbon amount of littlefall of the naturally secondly stands was 3.22 t/hm2, the following were Chinese fir stand and masson pines, the extensively and intensively managed moso stand were almost the same, while the least was Ph.praecox stands, which was only 1.39 t/hm2. (3) Components of forest litterfall carbon were mainly composed of leaf, which were among 58.00 % and 73.65 %, while branch, fruit and others occupied less proportion of forest litterfall. (4) The naturally secondly stands had the best ability of improving the soil quality by selffertilization, which meant their ecological function had advantages over other landuse types.