This document analyzes China's tin industry in 2010, focusing on supply and demand of tin worldwide and in China. It highlights that global tin consumption increased 11.8% in 2010 from 2009, with China accounting for 44% of global consumption and increasing its consumption by 11%. China's tin output grew 8.5% in 2010. The upstream tin ore mining industry had higher profitability than the downstream tin smelting industry in 2010.