Anthropogenic aluminum cycle in China was analyzed by the aluminum flow diagram based on the life cycle of aluminum products. The whole anthropogenic aluminum cycle consists of four stages： alumina and aluminum production, fabrication and manufacture, use and reclamation. Based on the investigation on the 2003-2007 aluminum cycles in China, a number of changes can be found. For instance, resources self-support ratio （RSR） in alumina production dropped from 95.42%to 55.50%, while RSR in the aluminum production increased from 52.45%to 79.25%. However, RSR in the Chinese aluminum industry leveled off at 50%in the period of 2003-2007. The respective use ratios of domestic and imported aluminum scrap in the aluminum industry of 2007 were 5.38% and 9.40%. In contrast, both the net imported Al-containing resources and the lost quantity of Al-containing materials in aluminum cycle increased during the same period, as well as the net increased quantity of Al-containing materials in social stock and recycled Al-scrap. Proposals for promoting aluminum cycle were put forward. The import/export policy and reducing the loss of Al-containing materials for the aluminum industry in China in the future were discussed.
我国近些年来原铝产量和消费量快速增长,铝土矿资源严重不足,在很大程度上依赖于进口.随着铝社会蓄积量的增大,废铝资源将越来越多,并在铝工业中发挥更大的作用.通过对我国铝的社会蓄积量及其平均年龄、回收率、折旧再生指数等进行分析,得到以下结果：1990年~2010年铝的社会蓄积量从723万 t 增长到10355万 t；2010年铝制品的平均年龄约为4.3年,折旧再生指数和铝的社会蓄积量回收率分别为0.0747 t /t和1.17%.基于未来铝消费的3种情景进行了分析,在情景3下：预计我国铝的社会蓄积量在2035年达到最大值6亿 t,2055年稳定在5.7亿 t；铝制品平均年龄在2040年达到最大值（7.13年）,同年折旧再生指数达到最大值（0.79 t/t）,铝的社会蓄积量回收率也达到最大值（5.05%）.研究结果将为铝工业相关政策的制定提供一定的参考.
