根据我国近年来地热资源研究和勘探工作的新进展，着重对我国构造隆起区中的温泉和赋存于中、新代沉积盆地中的地下热水资源分布的基本特点进行评述;指出两带(藏南—川西—淇西和东南沿海水热活动密集带)、一大片(黄淮海平原)和两小片(渭河盆地和雷惊盆地)是我国大陆地区研究、勘探和开发利用地热能最主要的地区。认为我国地热资源有一定的开发潜力，应予积极利用，但开发规模有限，在全国能源结构中不可能占有重要份额，而是一种辅助能源，只在个别地区在一定时期内可能成为主要能源。
   

Based on recent year's advances of geothermal resources studies and explorations in China,this paper reviews the basic distributive characteristics of hot springs in the uplifted area and geothermal water in the Meso一Cenozonic sedimentary basins,suggests that two hydrothermal activity concentrated zones (S Tibet Autonomous Region—W  Sichuan Province—W Yunnan Province and coastal area of SE China)，one large basin (North China Basin) and two smaller basins (Weihe Basin and Leiqiong Basin) are major areas of studies and explorations of geothermal resources in China continent, corysiders that geothermal resources in China have certain potential of exploitation and should be used，but thescale of exploitation seems to be limited, they cannot occupy an importan position in energy supply and can only be regarded as a supplementary energy source.