The invention discloses an ecological engineering method of converting severely lost soil on a surface layer of a mudflat into a forest land in a quick and highly efficient manner. The method comprise the following steps: firstly, turning over soil in a high-strength and high-frequency manner, and conducting artificial irrigation to accelerate alternation of wetting and drying; and secondly, conducting ridging and salt-leaching; thirdly, applying organic materials, covering the soil with films, removing the films, and ploughing the soil; fourthly, applying organic fertilizers, biochar and calcium superphosphate; and fifthly, planting green manure, and planting shallow-root salt-tolerant trees and shrubs after ploughing down of the green manure. On the basis of artificial acceleration of a natural ecological process, high-strength and high-frequency alternation of wetting and drying and anaerobic/aerobiotic natural ecological processes are conducted on raw soil layers, and organics are artificially added to conduct fermentation to bring heat and maturation, so soil structures can be improved quickly. Salt-leaching is conducted on the basis of ridging of home positions, and the biochar, organic fertilizers and calcium superphosphate are added, so soil nutrients are increased, the soil conservation capacity and the soil buffer capacity are improved, and the pH and the salt content are reduced. The method helps to restore forest lands in a quick and highly efficient manner, and is also suitable for improving and greening destroyed soil or polluted soil with surface layers removed in coastal zones.