Abstract: The actual situation of natural resources and present condition of forestry and papermaking industry in the southwest (three provinces and one autonomous region) of China are generally discussed in this paper. The necessity and posibility of forestry-papermaking industry combine have been demonstrated in different aspects such as the changes in composition of papermaking raw material, construction of pulp forest base, purification of industrial liquid waste and training of professionals etc. Some forms of forestry-papermaking industry combine have been explored, too.