This paper analyzes the situation of Chinas REE resource industry from reserve, production, consumption and export, discusses the issues and presents suggestions aiming at offering references for China to develop its REE resource industry. Issues existing in Chinas REE resource industry include over-mined resource, worsening environment, low market concentrating, disordered competition, irrational export structure, valueoff export price, surging smugglings, and out-of-control producing. This paper uses REE allocating elements and regional GDP per capita diagram to quantitatively analyze their coupling correlation with the result showing positive, but weakened by many factors. Suggestions are presented in making national REE strategy planning, optimizing strategic preserving system, consolidating REE industry, setting up large REE group, intensifying REE research, economizing REE mining and production and stopping illegal mining. 

REE, quantitatively, export, sustainable development