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                              September 15, 2023

       Zhu Youyi
       Chief Financial Officer
       China Natural Resources Inc.
       Room 2205, 22/F, West Tower, Shun Tak Centre
       168-200 Connaught Road Central, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong

                                                        Re: China Natural 
Resources Inc.
                                                            Amendment No. 1 to 
Form 20-F for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2022
                                                            Response dated 
August 31, 2023
                                                            File No. 000-26046

       Dear Zhu Youyi:

              We have reviewed your amended annual report and August 31, 2023 
response to our
       comment letter and have the following comments. In some of our comments, 
we may ask you to
       provide us with information so we may better understand your disclosure.

              Please respond to these comments within ten business days by 
providing the requested
       information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond.

              After reviewing your response to these comments, we may have 
additional
       comments. Unless we note otherwise, our references to prior comments are 
to comments in our
       July 21, 2023 letter.

       Amendment No. 1 to Form 20-F for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2022

       General

   1.                                                   We re-issue comment 1. 
Pursuant to paragraph (a) of Item 16I, please clarify whether you
                                                        are owned or controlled 
by a governmental entity in the foreign jurisdiction or tell us why
                                                        you are not required to 
do so. Please supplementally describe any materials that were
                                                        reviewed and tell us 
whether you relied upon any legal opinions or third party
                                                        certifications such as 
affidavits as the basis for this submission. In your response, please
                                                        provide a similarly 
detailed discussion of the materials reviewed and legal opinions or
                                                        third party 
certifications relied upon in connection with the required disclosures under
                                                        paragraphs (b)(2) and 
(3).
   2.                                                   We note your response 
to comment 3 and re-issue in part. With respect to (b)(2),
                                                        please provide the 
percentage of your shares or the shares of your consolidated operating
                                                        entities owned by 
governmental entities in each foreign jurisdiction in which you have
 Zhu Youyi
China Natural Resources Inc.
September 15, 2023
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      consolidated operating entities. With respect to (b)(3), please clarify 
whether
      governmental entities have a controlling financial interest in you or any 
of your
      consolidated foreign operating entities.
      Please contact Jimmy McNamara at 202-551-7349 or Christopher Dunham at 
202-551-
3783 with any questions.



                                                            Sincerely,
FirstName LastNameZhu Youyi
                                                            Division of 
Corporation Finance
Comapany NameChina Natural Resources Inc.
                                                            Disclosure Review 
Program
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cc:       Richard J. Chang
FirstName LastName