Abstract: Standardization is the groundwork of forestry development and ecological and environmental conservation, and it is also the main guarantee of carrying out successfully desertification combating. In this paper, the development status at home and abroad and the existing problems in the standardization of desertification combating in China were analyzed. It is considered that the existing problems are as follows: (1) The standard documents were not enough, and the structure was unreasonable; (2) The standardization level and degree of technological and scientific research achievements should be significantly improved; (3) The standard system was not perfect; (4) The participation consciousness in international standardization activities was insufficient. In the background of ecological and environmental degeneration, the area of desertification land is still likely to in continuous expansion. Moreover, the whole requirements of standardized desertification combating were expounded, and the development overall goal, emphases and some key standard documents should be formulated in the near future. It is pointed out that the development direction and some emphases are the organization construction, standardization personnel training, standard system construction and international standard participation.

Key words: desertification combating, standardization, standard system, China