ABSTRACT
Energy resources; natural resources including minerals and water; and population, the environment, and food are the issues attracting the common interest of the world. China is one of only a few countries with rich proven reserves and a good variety of minerals. Coal is distributed in every province except Shanghai city, but large-scale coal fields of national significance concentrate in the areas north of the Yangtze River and in western Guizhou, eastern Yunnan, and southern Sichuan. Beginning as an oil-poor country, China has become one of the main oil-producing nations in the world. Many metals used in China, they are iron, copper, lead and zinc, bauxite, tungsten, antimony, tin, molybdenum, mercury, gold, phosphate ore, sulphur, magnesite and flourite. Exploration will become more difficult in the future, and the investment of finances and skills required will continue to increase.
