Abstract: Since the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-2020), a large number of mangrove ecological restoration projects have been carried out in the southeast coastal areas of China. The area of mangrove restoration depends on the tidal flat suitable for forestry, which is usually small. Meanwhile, there is no unified and effective method for evaluating the effectiveness of mangrove ecological restoration. Based on the general principles of wetland ecological restoration assessment, combined with the characteristics of mangrove ecosystems, we established a mangrove restoration effectiveness evaluation system suitable for artificial reconstruction with four mangrove ecological restoration cases in Xiamen, aiming to provide scientific guidance for mangrove ecological restoration. The results showed that the comprehensive scores of the restoration effect of the four mangrove wetlands were 4.80 in Xiatanwei (excellent), 4.09 in Marina West (good), 3.94 in Fenglin Bay (fair), and 4.15 in East Island (good). In general, the restoration effect of Xiamen mangrove ecological restoration project is good.

Key words: mangrove, ecological restoration, evaluation system.