China molybdenum resource is very rich, which is world''''''''s second and holds reserves 84 million ton.

There are 222 areas which has been proved reserves and are distributed in 28 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities).

The molybdenum ore is most rich in Henan province, which take up for 30.1%.

Then is Shanxi and Jilin province. These three provinces take up the molybdenum ore as more than 56.5% in China.

Molybdenum ore has a lot of big ores, which is it''''''''s feature. In China, for example, there are such world class big ores like: Jinwei city Shanxi, Dexing Jiangxi, Nannihu Henan.
 
For the formation, only a minority are formed in the late Paleozoic and Cenozoic eras, most are formed in the Mesozoic molybdenum, which is the product of yanshanian tecto-nomagmatic activities.