The paper firstly reviewed industrial plantation development in the main forestry countries worldwide, and then summarized the state and trend of the R & D of industrial plantation in foreign countries in terms of genetic improvement, breeding techniques, site evaluation techniques, density control techniques, long-term productivity maintenance techniques and diseases and pests control techniques. In the meantime, the three management models employed in industrial plantations abroad was introduced, i.e. intensive management, oriented management, and enterprise-based management and integration of forest, industry and paper-making, based on which four suggestions were proposed through summarizing the successful experiences in industrial plantation development abroad to facilitate the development of fast-growing and high-yield plantation in China from the technical perspective. The paper novel reviewed industrial plantation development in the main forestry countries worldwide, and then summarized the state and trend of the R & D of industrial plantation in foreign countries in terms of genetic improvement, breeding techniques, site evaluation techniques, density control techniques, long -term productivity maintenance techniques and diseases and pests control techniques. In the meantime, the three management models employed in industrial plantations abroad was introduced, ie intensive management, oriented management, and enterprise-based management and integration of forest, industry and paper-making , based on which four suggestions were proposed through summarizing the successful experiences in industrial plantation development abroad to facilitate the development of fast-growing and high-yield plantation in China from the technical perspective.