China is rich in diatomite resource. 10 provinces in China have diatomite production. 354 mine fields has proved reserves and total mine reserves are 0.385 billion tons which only lower than USA, world No.2. For the area distribution, Jinlin province owns most of diatomite with reserves 54.8% of China, Yunnan, Fujian and Hebei take second place. Mineral deposit genetic types are volcano sedimentary deposit £¨Jilin Changbai, Shangdong Linxiong, Zhejiang Zhengzhou diatomite mine, etc£©and terrigenous deposit £¨Yunnan Xundian, Sichuan Miyi diatomite mine, etc£©.The mineragenetic epoch is concentrated in tertiary period and quarternary, mainly in tertiary period.