Abstract: The clonal seed orchard covers an area of 3.0 hectares with about 46 clones which were grafted with mature scions in 1966. The seedling seed orchard covers an area of 0.6 hectares with about 30 open-pollinated families which were planted in 1967. Both are located in Yangkou Forest Form, Fujian Province. A ccording to the result of progeny test, under similar site conditions and uniform managements, the offsprings of superior mother trees yielded 14 to 39 percent more and the offsprings in the clonal seed orchard yielded 33 to 72 percent more in volume growth as compared with the common check trees at the age of 7. However, the offsprings of the half-sib progeny tested in four different sites yielded only 6 to 22 percent more in height growth as compared with the common check trees.The estimates of the broad-sense heritability of the 7-year and 13-year old Chinese Fir for the height, diameter and volume were worked out on the basis of individuals and families. The individual tree heritability estimate for height and volume is 0-2, and that for diameter is 0-3. The family heritability estimates for height, diameter and volume are 0-4 respectively. At the 2 to 4-year stage, the full-sib family narrow-sense heritability estimate for height is 0-3.The expected genetic gains were calculated at different levels of selection inten: sities (P1 = 0.001; P2 = 0.1, 0.2 and 0.3; P3 = 0.01, 0.03 and 0.05). Estimates have been made on genetic gains in volume production and other growth traits from the first generation clones. Theestimates of the genetic gains in various growth traits of Chinese Fir vary as follows: height 6-54-6.70%, diameter 19.17-19-68%, volume 27.38-28.09%. However, a genetic gain of about 20% or 26% growth in diameter were anticipated for the first generation seedling seed orchard.Selections for second-generation parents were made from progeny test materials.