Abstract: In order to solve the potential environmental and safety problems that must be faced in the exploitation of bauxite ore resources，On the basis of brief introduction of Chinese bauxite resources，main sources and characteristics of bauxite tailings，this paper emphatically introduced the research and development status about resource utilization in preparation of porous ceramics and high performance ceramics，extraction of valuable metals，preparation of permeable brick，cement and cement mixture materials，preparation of wastewater treatment materials such as polyaluminum chloride water purifier and heavy metal ion adsorbent，preparation of absorbent materials，preparation of PVC plastic filler，etc. At the same time，it is pointed out that these utilization ways are also the main direction of the resource utilization of bauxite tail⁃ ings，and have a broad prospect. It is suggested to follow the principles of high value utilization，zero discharge and nearby utilization in the resource utilization. Finally，it points out the important practical significance of the resource utilization of bauxite tailings.

Key words: bauxite tailings, industrial solid waste, resource utilization