The root exudates of 5, 10 and 15 years old Paulownia fortunei were collected to study the effects on soil fertility, soil enzyme activity and microorganism. The results showed that the 10 a treatment had the best effect, compared with the CK treatment, soil organic matter content increased by 61.27%, soil available nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium increased by 57.48%, 22.22% and 40.38% respectively, soil urease, catalase, phosphatase and invertase activities increased by 37.56%, 31.64%, 25.05% and 7.88% respectively, and the number of soil bacteria, actinomycetes and fungi increased by 60.37%, 94.56% and 53.72% respectively. The study indicated that root exudates was conducive to improve soil fertility, increase the content of soil organic matter and available nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, improve soil enzyme activity and increase the number of soil microorganisms, which first increased and then decreased with the increase of forest age; the number of soil microorganisms was positive correlation with soil enzyme activity, organic matter, available nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium,so soil enzyme activity and the number of microorganisms could be used as important indicators of soil fertility. |