Forest growth in relation to variation of soil properties variety in Chinese fir forest soils derived from granite with different preceding vegetation in Lishui region of Zhejiang Province.Research results show that no matter what kinds of preceding vegetation the Chinese fir forest had, such as masson pine, broad-leaved forest or shrub, the first rotation of Chinese fir grew faster than the second rotation of Chinese fir.And five years later, the difference in growth became very obvious.The soil under Chinese fir of a second rotation was the lowest in population of bacteria, fungi and azotobacters, but not in that of actinomycete.Compared with other soils different in preceding vegetation, it was lower in activities of invertase and urease.Its content of available P was significantly lower than the others, and so were its contents of calcium and magnesium.Stepwise regression analyses results show that tree growth was positively correlated with invertase activity, available N, available K, and Mg²⁺ contents and negatively with soil organic matter, urease activity, catalase activity in the Chinese fir forest soils different in preceding forest stand.