The invention discloses a forwarding service monitoring method and system for network equipment. The method comprises the steps of defining service features, generating a specific ACL, setting a statistical cycle, counting the number of messages and the number of bytes and calculating the PPS, the BPS and the number of packet losses, so that a monitoring report is generated. The system comprises a service identification module, a monitoring and calculating module and a report generating module. According to the forwarding service monitoring method and system for the network equipment, by defining the service features, quick determination of multiple services entering or leaving a port is achieved; by generating the specific ACL, the conflict between the specific ACL and a security policy ACL is avoided, and the security of a network is guaranteed; by the adoption of the red/yellow statistical mode, the influence of a forwarding time delay is eliminated, and the forwarding services can be monitored in real time.