Abstract: By taking the public welfare forest land in Jiangshan City of Zhejiang Province as the research object, based on the measured data of fixed sample plots and sublot of public welfare forest, the water conservation capacity and value of litter layer and soil layer in different forest stands were quantitatively measured and analyzed. The results showed that the effective interception amount of litter in different forest types of public welfare forest in Jiangshan City was coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forest>broad-leaved forest>Chinese fir forest>pine forest>moso bamboo forest. In the same depth of soil layer, the difference of soil physical properties and water holding capacity was not obvious. The soil layer contributed more than 99% of the water conservation quantity of forest land. The order of water conservation ability was coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forest>broad-leaved forest>moso bamboo forest>Chinese fir forest>coniferous mixed forest>pine forest>shrub forest. The total annual water conservation quantity of public welfare forests in the whole city was 187,7869 million tons, with the value quantity of 1.979 billion yuan. The water conservation quantity per unit area was about 2813 t·hm^-2, and the value quantity per unit area was about 29,700 yuan·hm^-2. In Jiangshan City, the water conservation capacity of public welfare forest was stronger in the east, while the water conservation capacity of public welfare forest in the north was relatively weak.