On January 14 local time, the Chilean Court suspended BYD's contract involving a total of 80000 tons of metal lithium production quota. This is only two days after the Chilean government announced that BYD won the bid on the 12th < p > according to Agence France Presse, the mining contract was suspended because the governor of Copiapo state, where the lithium mine is located, and the indigenous communities near Salar de Atacama appealed. They believe that the bidding scheme violates the principles of environmental protection and economic development < p > the court of Copiapo state of Chile said that in view of the dispute over the bidding scheme, the bidding and authorization for lithium mining will be temporarily suspended. The Chilean Ministry of Mines said that the bidding was not finally cancelled. The previous bidding process was "open, transparent and in line with all existing legislation" < p > on January 12 local time, the Chilean Ministry of mining announced that China BYD and a local mining company had obtained a quota of 80000 tons of metal lithium in the country < p > battery grade lithium carbonate is an important raw material in the field of new energy vehicles. According to CBC metal mesh, on January 18 this year, the average price of battery grade lithium carbonate with purity of 99.5% was 349000 yuan / ton < p > previously, the Chilean government invited bids for the domestic production quota of about 400000 tons of metal lithium in October 2021. The quota was divided into five parts, each 80000 tons. A total of five enterprises participated in the bidding. Among them, BYD won the bid with the highest price of US $61 million (about 387 million yuan). A Chilean local enterprise bid us $60 million and won the bid. In addition, two Chilean enterprises and one American enterprise failed to win the bid because of their low quotation < p > the announcement said: "the two quotations (winning the bid) are much higher than other quotations, which is most in line with the interests of the country in improving market competitiveness and charging." < p > according to the bidding documents, the successful bidder has 7-9 years for geological exploration, research and development of the project and 20 years for production < p > Agence France Presse said that after the announcement of the bid winning result, it caused controversy in Chile. Part of the reason is that the current conservative president of Chile, Sebastian Pinera, who led the bidding program, has only the last two months of his term. The newly elected president is not optimistic about the bidding. Some people doubt that Pinera wants to finalize the matter before leaving office < p > on December 19, 2021, Chile's presidential election came to an end, and the left-wing party candidate Gabriel boric was successfully elected president of the country. The formal presidential transition will be completed on March 11 < p > it is reported that newly elected president boric asked the current government to postpone the bidding and establish a "round table" to discuss various conditions involved in the contract < p > previously, during the election campaign, boric made it clear that he advocated strengthening national regulation, increasing royalties for mining enterprises, opposing the privatization of mineral resources and promoting the establishment of a state-owned lithium company. These possible policies have brought many uncertainties to the lithium mining in Chile < p > however, Chile's current president pinheira defended himself by saying that he was dissatisfied with Chile's lagging lithium production and Australia's second place, so he decided to start this strategic plan for lithium mining < p > the Chilean Ministry of mining also said that the international bidding for the exploitation of 4% of the national reserve lithium resources is to restore Chile's position in the global lithium market < p > according to the data of the Ministry of Commerce, lithium resources in the global market mainly come from six countries: Australia, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, China and the United States. Chile's reserves are more than 7.5 million tons, ranking first in the world, accounting for 52% of the world's (14 million tons), mainly from Atacama Salt Lake, the second largest region (81% of the country's reserves) < p > however, Chile's lithium production does not match its reserves. In 2020, Chile's lithium output will be 18000 tons, lower than that of Australia's 40000 tons, ranking second in the world. China ranks third with an output of 14000 tons < p > Agence France Presse said that Chile was the world's largest lithium producer before 2016, with a global market share of 37%, but today it ranks second with a 32% market share lower than Australia. If the country cannot increase production, its market share will fall to 17% by 2030 < p > this article is the exclusive manuscript of observer.com and cannot be reproduced without authorization