Abstract: Since resent decades, China has been in rapid growth of natural gas reserves with increasing gas production year by year. In order to ensure durative and rapid development of China's natural gas industry, the following aspects should be paid more attention to: 1) standing in 7 basins such as Tarim, Sichuan, Ordos, Chaidam, Yinggehai, Qiongdongnan and Donghai basins to search for big or giant gas fields; 2)strengthening technical probe to improve and develop technologies for natural gas exploration adaptable for complex geolog-ic/geographical conditions in China; 3)taking market as a guide to grasp exploratory progressing and increase whole efficiency for gas ex-ploration and development; 4)carrying out prospecting and prestudy of unconventional gas reserves to prepare succeeding resources for long-term and persisting development; 5)conducting prophase preparation for gas exploration of South China Sea, and 6)participating in sharing natural gas resourcesin the world, active intervenkii of gas prospecting abroad.

Key words: China, natural gas, exploration, development, developing strategy