This huge reserve makes China have obvious advantages in salt supply, especially when marine pollution may lead to salt supply crisis.
Moreover, the salt lake resources in China are also a bright spot, such as Chaka Salt Lake and Chaerhan Salt Lake in Qinghai, which store hundreds of millions of tons of salt and can meet domestic demand for a long time. The stable supply of salt industry is not simple. The salt supply chain involves many links, including mining, processing and distribution.
It is noteworthy that the salt industry in China is gradually moving towards the direction of scientific and technological development and sustainable development. By upgrading salt mining technology and salt processing technology, China can make better use of its own resource advantages and ensure the stability of salt supply.
China's famous salt producing area.
1, Chaerhan Salt Lake: Located in the west of Qinghai Province, China, in Mongolian, "Chaerhan" means "the world of salt". It is one of the largest natural salt lakes in the world, with a total reserve of more than 60 billion tons of salt resources, and its lake salt is a "well-known trademark in China".
2. Chaka Salt Lake: Located in Chaka Town, Haixi Prefecture, Qinghai Province, it is a salt lake with rich natural scenery and human landscape, and has been rated as one of the "55 places that people will go in their lifetime" by the National Tourism Geography magazine. It is not only beautiful in scenery, but also famous for its rich Daqing salt. It is the first green edible salt production base in China.
3. Dingbian Salt Lake: Located in Dingbian County, northern Shaanxi, it is one of the oldest salt lakes in China with a mining history of more than 2,000 years. The salt produced here is called "white salt", "flower salt" and "old lake salt" in history. It has the characteristics of white color, large grain size, high quality and good preservation effect, and is a fine raw material for edible salt and pickled salt.