China's current iron, copper and aluminum mineral resources shortage, preliminary estimates have been proven iron ore, copper, bauxite and other public minerals such as imports do not depend on the general, can only maintain mining for about ten years. This is the Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hu Ruizhong, guest of the People's Network Technology Channel, "China's eight breakthroughs in the field of scientific research," an interview revealed.

Hu pointed out that energy and mineral resources, human economic and social development is very important material basis. More than 95% of the world's energy, more than 90% of industrial raw materials and more than 70% of agricultural production resources are from mineral resources. However, China's resource situation is very grim.

On the one hand, our country's demand for mineral resources is very large. Since the 90s of last century, with our country's rapid economic development, the demand for mineral resources is also increasing dramatically. Although the demand is very large, but at least until around 2025, China's demand for mineral resources will continue to grow rapidly, after 2025 or so to enter a slow growth trend.

On the other hand, our country has now proven mineral resources, lack of security capacity, manifested in: our country's per capita proven resources accounted for the world average is roughly one-half; at the same time has proven reserves structure is irrational, Demand is very scarce, the advantages of mineral demand is great. China's use of 45 kinds of major minerals inside to 2020 to meet the demand may be only nine kinds of iron, copper, aluminum, these major minerals are already very scarce, the initial estimate of China has proven iron ore, copper, bauxite Such as some of the major minerals such as minerals do not rely on imports, can only maintain mining for about ten years. And now the foreign dependence of these minerals have reached more than 50%, that is, more than 50% need to import from abroad. About 70% of bauxite needs to be imported from abroad. Over the past decade the international price of mineral resources is soaring all the way over the years turned several times. Our country needs a lot of foreign exchange to import mineral goods. From the perspective of minerals, China 's import and export trade deficit is now reached more than 100 billion US dollars a year.

Hu Ruizhong said, "such a large country, so scarce resources, if not strengthen the mineral resources research, exploration, development, utilization, our country will form the future development of constraints." He believes that the country's economic development from the security point of view to consider, it is necessary to strengthen the field of development and utilization of the work.

At this year's General Assembly held two academicians, General Secretary Hu proposed to "strive for breakthroughs as soon as possible," eight research areas, including "vigorously develop the development and utilization of energy resources" is placed in the first place.