Abstract: The paper briefly reviewed public policy evaluation such as characteristics and practice in China and overseas,progress of China's forestry policy performance evaluation and illustrated the necessity for performance evaluation of the policy of collective forestry property rights system reform (CFPRSR). Based on a survey data for 2 484 farmers in Jiangxi Province with their income growth as a key indicator of performance evaluation,the paper summarized the number and rate,and analyzed mechanism of farmers' forestry income growth during CFPRSR. Based on the survey data and investigation in typical counties,I also analyzed the driving mechanism of the income growth and limitation in sustainability of farmers' forestry economic growth. Based on the above investigation and analysis,the paper gave corresponding policy suggestions as for the conflicts between farmers' short-termed interest and long-term management and protection of forest resources as well as forestry scale operation.

Key words: collective forestry property rights system reform, performance evaluation