Review of Present Collection and Research on Forestry Contracts of Qing Dynasty in Jinping County, Guizhou Province

Forestry contracts of the Qing Dynasty in Jinping County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, are a unique historical legacy of China. It came into being with the development of society and economy of Jinping. Research on these contracts is becoming widespread domestically and abroad as well. This paper is intended to make a review of the collection and research of forestry contracts in Jinping according to the chronological sequence.