Abstract: <SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">With the increasing application of lithium and its compounds in material,new energy,and other fields,demand<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>for them is growing fast.Traditional extraction of lithium from lithium ore has no longer met the demand of market.China is rich in salt lake lithium resources,so how to extract lithium from salt lake brine is becoming more and more important.Aluminium salt-based sorbent is considered as the most promising technology for extraction of lithium from salt lake brine on account of its high selectivity,high capacity of adsorption for Li</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><SUP>+</SUP>,and environment-friendly.Lithium resources of salt lake in China,absorption mechanism,synthesis method,current research status,and the existing problems on extraction of lithium by aluminium salt-based sorbent from salt lake brine were emphatically introduced.At last,the technology of making granulation and membrane as the key factor for industrialization of aluminium salt-based sorbent was pointed out and suggestions for exploitation of lithium resources from salt lake brine in China were also made. </SPAN>