Abstract: To conduct an annual survey and assessment of afforestation and greening spaces in Shaoguan city, scientifically analyze the area of plots suitable for afforestation and greening, explore the potential for greening growth in Shaoguan city, and ensure that Shaoguan city achieves the targets of forest coverage rate and forestland retention during the planning period, taking the three categories of plots issued by Guangdong Province as the scope of the survey and assessment, on the basis of the national "Third Land Survey" data, combined with other auxiliary data, the extraction and assignment of assessment plots were carried out. ArcGIS was used for indoor attribute interpretation combined with outdoor investigation and evidence collection for assessment. So this paper gets results as follows. (1) The area suitable for afforestation and greening in Shaoguan city is 195,437.70 mu, accounting for 17.40% of the total area of the assessed plots. Among them, Lechang city has the highest proportion, followed by Ruyuan Yao Autonomous county. (2) The planned afforestation and greening area in the city is 122,244.17 mu. In terms of land types, other forestlands account for the largest proportion, followed by shrublands; in terms of administrative location, Ruyuan Yao Autonomous county, Lechang city, and Xinfeng county have relatively high proportions. (3) The main restrictive factors for plots that are unsuitable or not planned for afforestation are existing afforestation, inconsistent site conditions, and other reasons. The total area of plots suitable for afforestation and greening spaces and planned for afforestation in Shaoguan city in this survey is 122,244.17 mu. The forest coverage rate of Shaoguan city increases steadily at a rate of 1% every 5 years, and the forestland retention decreases at a rate of less than 0.32% every 5 years. According to the forest coverage rate, forestland retention, and related plans of Shaoguan city, the short-term and long-term targets of forestland retention and forest coverage rate can be fully guaranteed in the next 15 years.