我国丰富的稀土资源为稀土化学的发展提供了雄厚的物质基础。建国以来,我国对稀土的分离化学、固体化学、络合物化学、熔盐化学、分析化学、量子化学和光谱等领域广泛地开展了研究,取得了一定的成就,促进了稀土工业的发展。文中对各领域中的研究及其成就作了简要的论述。 China’s abundant rare earth resources for the development of rare earth chemistry provides a solid material foundation. Since the founding of the People’s Republic of China, China has conducted extensive research in the fields of separation chemistry, solid chemistry, complex chemistry, molten salt chemistry, analytical chemistry, quantum chemistry and spectroscopy of rare earths. Some achievements have been made and the development of rare earth industry has been promoted. The article in the field of research and achievements made a brief discussion.