Abstract: This reivew is a survey in tissue culture of forest trees and the methods of clonal propagation of woody plants.Tissue culture offers an important technique for the rapid clonal propagation of forest trees.So far about 124 species belong to 30 families of woody plants have been regenereted as plantlets.Significant progress has been made in the past six years in vitro propagated conifers.In addition,a list over 70 species of woody plants may be cloned by somatic embryogenesis. The three principal types of clonal propagation of woody plants were discussed:aseptic shoot cuttage,organogenesis and embryogenesis.Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus leickow №1) regenerated in vitro via embrogenesis has been applied to forestation in Guangxi Region of our country. Finally,materials of the woody plants propagation were briefly reviewed in the 5th IAPTC.