Abstract: The Upper Yangtze platform received platformtype sediments for a long period of time. There the crustal structure was relatively stable, but folding and faulting have been intense since the Himalayan movement. According to the development degrees of the latest foldfault structures, five structural areas may be distinguished. The formation and distribution of the petroleum and metallic mineral resources in the study region were controlled by the degree of development of the latest foldfault structures. The metallic mineral resources and petroleum prospects in the Upper Yangtze platform may be predicted from the viewpoint of the division of the latest foldfault structures.