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                              April 8, 2024

       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.
                                                            Registration 
Statement on Form F-1
                                                            Filed March 18, 
2024
                                                            File No. 333-278037

       Dear Zhu Youyi:

              We have conducted a limited review of your registration statement 
and have the
       following comment(s).

              Please respond to this letter by amending your registration 
statement and providing the
       requested information. If you do not believe a comment applies to your 
facts and circumstances
       or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why in 
your response.

              After reviewing any amendment to your registration statement and 
the information you
       provide in response to this letter, we may have additional comments.

       Registration Statement on Form F-1 filed March 18, 2024

       General

   1.                                                   We note Section 1.2 of 
counsel's PRC Legal Opinion at Exhibit 99.2 states, "We are of the
                                                        opinion that solely for 
the purpose of this Warrants Shares Resale Registration, the
                                                        Company is not required 
to perform the filing procedures with the CSRC prior to the
                                                        exercise of the 
warrants." We further note disclosure on your prospectus cover page
                                                        stating that the 
Company shall make filings on the offering with the CSRC within three
                                                        working days after the 
offering is completed, and risk factor disclosure at page 24 stating
                                                        that, based on the 
Trial Measures of Overseas Listing, if the Company issues new
                                                        securities in the 
future, you need to fulfill the CSRC filing procedures. Please revise to
                                                        clarify, with respect 
to this offering, whether, and if so, when, you are required to make a
                                                        filing with the CSRC 
under the Trial Measures.
 Zhu Youyi
China Natural Resources, Inc.
April 8, 2024
Page 2
2.     In comparing your China-based companies disclosure against your most 
recent Form F-3
       (File No. 333-268454) we note certain changes to your disclosure 
appearing on the cover
       page, in your Prospectus Summary and Risk Factor sections relating to 
legal and
       operational risks associated with operating in the PRC. It is unclear to 
us that there have
       been changes in the regulatory environment in the PRC since that Form 
F-3 went effective
       on February 10, 2023, warranting revised disclosure to mitigate the 
challenges you face
       and related disclosures. We remind you that, pursuant to federal 
securities rules, the term
          control    (including the terms    controlling,       controlled by,  
  and    under common control
       with   ) as defined in Securities Act Rule 405 means    the possession, 
direct or indirect, of
       the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and 
policies of a person,
       whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or 
otherwise.    We do not
       believe, for instance, that disclosure referencing the PRC government   
s "significant
       authority" conveys the same risk. We note further that the Division's 
Sample Letters to
       China-Based Companies also sought specific disclosures relating to 
uncertainties
       regarding the enforcement of laws and that the rules and regulations in 
China can change
       quickly with little advance notice. Please restore your disclosures in 
these areas to the
       disclosures as they existed in the Form F-3 effective as of February 10, 
2023.
3.     Please update your financial statements and corresponding financial 
information
       throughout the filing to comply with Item 8.A.4 of Form 20-F pursuant to 
the
       requirements outlined within Item 4 of Form F-1.
        We remind you that the company and its management are responsible for 
the accuracy
and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action 
or absence of
action by the staff.

       Refer to Rules 460 and 461 regarding requests for acceleration. Please 
allow adequate
time for us to review any amendment prior to the requested effective date of 
the registration
statement.

      Please contact Liz Packebusch, Staff Attorney, at 202-551-8749 or Daniel 
Morris, Legal
Branch Chief, at 202-551-3314 with any other questions.



                                                            Sincerely,
FirstName LastNameZhu Youyi
                                                            Division of 
Corporation Finance
Comapany NameChina Natural Resources, Inc.
                                                            Office of Energy & 
Transportation
April 8, 2024 Page 2
cc:       Richard Chang
FirstName LastName