Abstract: Forest ecological products are the most important type of ecological products, and their value realization is an important way to realize the transformation of green mountains to golden mountains. In this paper, the development process of the concept of forest ecological products was divided into three stages based on national strategic needs and forestry development objectives, including (1) the budding stage: the physical products of forests obtained by ecologically friendly production methods; (2) the proposed stage: the products of all kinds of natural services provided by forests; and (3) the deepening stage: all kinds of terminal services and products necessary for human life co-produced by forest ecosystems and human societies. Combined with some case analyses, sustainable production supply, clear identification of tenure, scientific value evaluation and diversified realization paths were identified as the basis, prerequisite, focus and core of guaranteeing the realization of the value of forest ecological products, respectively. In order to further promote the realization of the value of forest ecological products, it was necessary to deepen the scientific theory of the realization of the value of forest ecological products, strengthen the construction of the capacity for information investigation and management of forest ecological products, improve the technical system for the value accounting of forest ecological products, optimize the paths and models for the realization of the value of forest ecological products, innovate the policy support for the realization of the value of forest ecological products, and advance the practical process of the realization of the value of forest ecological products.