The invention discloses an impeller for a forward centrifugal fan. The impeller comprises a front disc, a rear disc and a plurality of blades arranged between the front disc and the rear disc, the chord length at the position, close to the front disc, of each blade is smaller than the chord length at the position, close to the rear disc, of each blade, a projection of an axis of a impeller in theaxial direction is a central point, and the impeller is characterized in that the change rule of the chord lengths at different shaft sections in the axial direction of the impeller is a gradual change spline curve. Compared with the prior art, the impeller has the advantages that through the design of the variable-chord length blades, the chord length of the front disc is reduced, the chord length of the rear disc is increased, so that the air inlet capacity of the front disc is increased, the phenomenon of flow separation in a blade channel near the front disc is weakened, the purpose of increasing the air exhaust capacity of a middle disc and the rear disc is realized, the problem of the nonuniform working capability of the front disc and the rear disc is solved, the efficiency is improved, and the noise is reduced.