Abstract:The inventory data of the Chinese pine (Pinus tabulaeformis) in Beijing Mountains were used to establish and compare individual tree diameter growth and survival models with constant rate method and variable rate method. Results showed that in the individual-tree diameter growth model, MD was -0.005 9, MAD 0.779 1, RMSE 1.198 3 and R2 0.949 3 based on the variable rate method. But with the constant rate method, they were 0.097 5, 0.917 8, 1.198 3 and 0.917 8 respectively. In the survival model, MD was 8.59E-7, MAD 0.088 4, RMSE 0.211 7, and LogL-4 137.240 0 using the variable rate method. But with the constant rate method, they were 0.002 7, 0.091 1, 0.212 1, and -4 230.320 0 respectively. The variable rate method out-performed the constant rate method in predicting future individual tree survival and diameter growth because the former accounted for the variable rate of annual diameter growth and tree survival probability, which were caused by changes of stand (basal area, dominant height) and tree attributes.