Abstract:Resource-based cities which made outstanding contributions to the national economic and social development have become backward areas with various contradictions concentrated in the regional development.Developing substitution industry is the most important way to realize the economic transformation of resource-based cities.The central premise of achieving sustainable development of resource-based cities is selecting the development direction and path of substitution industry correctly.This article summarizes basic pattern of substitution industry in resourced-based cities.Then according to the development stage and the main problems of resourced-based cities,we expound main ideas when choosing the development path and pattern of substitution industry and put forward suggestions on completing support system of substitution industry in resourced-based cities.