[Ministry of Natural Resources: China's lithium reserves rose 57% year on year in 2022] the Ministry of Natural Resources held a press conference on 14 June to release national mineral resources reserves statistics for 2022. Bo Zhiping, director of the Mineral Resources Protection and Supervision Department of the Ministry of Natural Resources, said that according to 2022 statistics, China's lithium ore reserves (this reserve is converted lithium oxide reserves) increased by 57% compared with the same period last year, of which Jiangxi's reserves exceeded Qinghai and Sichuan, ranking first in the country and accounting for 40% of the country's total. The increment of lithium reserves in 2022 is also mainly in Jiangxi, accounting for 94.5% of the increment, which comes from two lithium mines in Yichun City, Jiangxi Province. (financial Associated Press reporter Guo Songyi)