To study the characteristics of soil quality restoration after strip clear cutting, we took the Phyllostachys edulis forest in Jianou City, Fujian Province as the research object, set 5m (Treatment 1, C₁) and 7 m (Treatment 2, C₂) two kinds of cutting width, with a control (CK) with no cutting, the characteristics of new bamboo growth and soil nutrient changes in the new whip growing period (period Ⅰ, October2018) and the next year after harvesting (period Ⅱ, June2019) were studied. The results showed that: (1) the number of shoots by C₁, C₂ and CK were 2 227, 2 650 and 1 955 plant·hm^-2, respectively. C₂ treatment was significantly different from C₁ and CK (P<0.05); There was no significant difference (P>0.05) between the treatments of the rate of returning bamboo shoots, which showed that C₁2. (2) The DBH of the two harvesting treatments were significantly lower than that of CK, shown by CK>C₂>C₁. (3) After logging, the contents of TP (total phosphorus) and TK (total potassium) in soil increased, while the contents of TN (total nitrogen) and TC (total carbon) decreased, compared with those of Ⅱ period. The contents of soil TN, TP, TK and TC under C₁ and C₂ treatments were all greater than that of CK during period I, but the soil TC content was less than that of CK during period Ⅱ. The results showed that, strip cutting could increase the number of bamboo shoots and bamboo stands and increase the contents of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium in soil. The recovery status of 7 m strip cutting in bamboo forest was better than that of 5 m cutting overall.