Abstract: A general forest resource management information system (GFRMIS) for forest bureau on county level was designed and developed by using the improved prototype design method,and will be working on Wuming County in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region,where the digital forest platform technique was studied and demonstrated. The features of GFRMIS were generality,standards and criteria,local compatibility,inheritable,and easy to extend and maintain. The improved prototype design method could not only extend the using period of softwares but also increase the practicality and extensibility of the system. So it was a preferable software developing schema.

Key words: improved prototype design method, forest resources management information system, digital forest, standards and criteria