A steering control system used for an electric forklift, comprising: a brushless DC motor; a steering wheel encoder, configured to detect a rotating speed signal and a direction signal of a steering wheel of the electric forklift; a power driver, connected with the brushless DC motor and configured to drive the brushless DC motor; a sampler, connected with the brushless DC motor and configured to sample an operation of the brushless DC motor to generate a sampling signal; and a controller, connected with the steering wheel encoder, the power driver and the sampler respectively and configured to generate a PWM control signal according to the rotating speed signal and the direction signal of the steering wheel, the sampling signal and a predetermined control strategy, and to send the PWM control signal to the power driver to control the brushless DC motor via the power driver, characterised in that the predetermined control strategy comprises: controlling the brushless DC motor to start if the controller determines that the steering wheel is rotated, wherein the controller determines whether the steering wheel is rotated according to the rotating speed signal and the direction signal of the steering wheel and the sampling signal; controlling the brushless DC motor to operate at a first acceleration if a starting time of the brushless DC motor is less than a first predetermined threshold; and controlling the brushless DC motor to operate at a second acceleration if the starting time of the brushless DC motor is larger than the first predetermined threshold and less than a second predetermined threshold, in which the second acceleration is less than the first acceleration. a brushless DC motor; a steering wheel encoder, configured to detect a rotating speed signal and a direction signal of a steering wheel of the electric forklift; a power driver, connected with the brushless DC motor and configured to drive the brushless DC motor; a sampler, connected with the brushless DC motor and configured to sample an operation of the brushless DC motor to generate a sampling signal; and a controller, connected with the steering wheel encoder, the power driver and the sampler respectively and configured to generate a PWM control signal according to the rotating speed signal and the direction signal of the steering wheel, the sampling signal and a predetermined control strategy, and to send the PWM control signal to the power driver to control the brushless DC motor via the power driver, controlling the brushless DC motor to start if the controller determines that the steering wheel is rotated, wherein the controller determines whether the steering wheel is rotated according to the rotating speed signal and the direction signal of the steering wheel and the sampling signal; controlling the brushless DC motor to operate at a first acceleration if a starting time of the brushless DC motor is less than a first predetermined threshold; and controlling the brushless DC motor to operate at a second acceleration if the starting time of the brushless DC motor is larger than the first predetermined threshold and less than a second predetermined threshold, in which the second acceleration is less than the first acceleration.