China's rare earth industry is facing a dilemma of internal and external attacks: at home, resources are consumed too fast, environmental pollution is serious, illegal mining has not been stopped repeatedly, and a large number of rare earths are exported and smuggled in disguise; abroad, the United States, Europe, Japan is constantly exerting pressure on China on the issue of rare earth exports. More than half a century of super-intensive mining has led to a continuous decline in the retained reserves and guarantee years of rare earth resources in China. Some experts pointed out that compared with the amount of human resources, China is already a country with a shortage of rare earths, but China has not yet completed its industrialization and needs more rare earths in the future.
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China has paid a heavy environmental price for the mining of rare earths.