Labile organic C (LOC) is a sensitive indicator of soil quality and environmental change. Understanding responses of LOC stock to land use change is essential to predicate early change of soil organic C (SOC) at regional scale. Four typical land use systems were selected in hilly region of subtropical China, including natural forest (dominated byCinnamomum camphora), Chinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata) plantation, Chinese chestnut (Cunninghamia lanceolata) orchard, and sloping tillage. Stocks of soil (0~20 cm) labile organic C (LOC) fractions, ratios of LOC to SOC, and their controls were me...