Abstract: The statistics and expatiation of gross resource amounts, distribution, proved reserves and utilization of natural gas in China show that China is rich in gas resources, but the per capita amount of the resources is far below the average of the world. Their extremely uneven distribution allows to be found mostly in central and northwestem China and its coastal continental shelves nowadays, of which the discovery in eastern China is higher than that in westem China for the reasons of great buried depth, big difficulty of development and low proved degree. The natural gas accounts for low proportion of domestic energy consumption and is mostly used as industrial fuel and city gas and in chemical industry and power station. The prediction of future demand and supply of natural gas suggests that China needs for importing natural gas in future. A series of countermneasure are proposed in order to deal with these issues.

Key words: China, natural gas, resource, demand, countermeasure