On June 15th, the Regulations for the Implementation of the Mineral Resources Law of the People's Republic of China officially came into effect. The promotion of high-quality development in the mining industry and the safeguarding of mineral resource security are written into the general provisions.
The Regulations also clarify aspects such as "the natural resources competent departments of people's governments at or above the county level organizing the transfer of mining rights in accordance with prescribed authority," "people's governments at or above the county level shall lawfully guarantee the reasonable land use demands for mineral resource exploration and mining," and "the natural resources competent departments of people's governments at or above the county level shall, in conjunction with relevant departments, strengthen the comprehensive mining of mineral resources."
On the same day, the Ministry of Natural Resources emphasized at a mobilization and deployment meeting for the "15th Five-Year Plan" of the new round of strategic action for prospecting breakthroughs that it is necessary to anchor the goals of the new round of action, firmly grasp six key tasks. Among these, "vigorously strengthening the supply of high-quality policies, and safeguarding the rights and interests of the state as the owner of mineral resources and the legitimate rights and interests of mining right holders" became a key focus.
There are legal stipulations, national requirements, and departmental actions. Logically, local governments should also act accordingly. However, a China Mining News reporter discovered during research that some local governments still harbor reservations and prejudices against the mining industry, adopting various measures to restrict or even prohibit mineral exploration and development activities.
Taking Yongchun County in Fujian Province as an example, the local Changting Coal Mine, which had just been completed with an investment of over 200 million yuan, has its mining license still valid. Yet, the local government has prevented production for various reasons, turning it into a veritable "permanently stopped" mine.
Furthermore, a large-scale polymetallic deposit was discovered in the deep part of this mine, which could have allowed for "prospecting around existing mines" through green exploration to identify a new mineral deposit. However, the local government again prohibited deep exploration on the grounds that the mine is a "registered mine," leaving it in a dilemma.
"Phenomena similar to the Changting Coal Mine in Yongchun County, where it 'cannot die and cannot live,' are not isolated cases. In recent years, it is not uncommon for county-level governments to not value or support mineral exploration and development activities, or even to adopt 'one-size-fits-all' measures to restrict or prohibit them. The direct consequence of 'having mines but being unable to mine' is a persistently high number of dormant and defunct mines," a senior domestic mining expert stated.
"Achieving increased reserves and production, and ensuring national mineral resource security, hinges on local governments, especially county-level governments. Facing an increasingly severe mineral resource supply situation, how to further strengthen the implementation of county-level governments' responsibilities for increasing reserves and production and mobilize their enthusiasm through effective policy supply in the new round of prospecting breakthrough action is undoubtedly a top priority, directly related to the enhancement of national mineral resource security capabilities."
Being unable to mine available resources causes immense harm. The mining industry, as a special sector characterized by "three highs and one long" (high risk, high investment, high return, long cycle), has a relatively long construction period. From exploration and mine construction to commissioning and reaching capacity, it can take five to six years at the shortest, and over ten years at the longest.
During this lengthy period, it faces numerous risks such as policy adjustments and market changes. In particular, the discontinuity and variability of local mining policies artificially add significant risks for many mining enterprises.
Some enterprises, after acquiring exploration rights through auctions, invest huge sums to finally discover resources and obtain mining licenses, and even build the mines. However, just as they are about to start production, policies suddenly change. Either the entry threshold is abruptly raised, making the newly built mine's capacity non-compliant with new minimum requirements; or conflicts arise with newly established various protected areas, with part or all of the mining area overlapping with so-called "red lines," preventing continued mining.
Examples of mining enterprises suffering greatly from the variability of local mining policies are not rare. In previous years, a major coal-producing province raised the minimum capacity threshold for coal mines from 210,000 tons per year to 900,000 tons within just a few years during coal resource integration. Some small coal mines had just completed technical upgrades to meet the original minimum capacity requirement but had not yet started production when the new, higher standard was introduced.
Repeatedly raising entry thresholds forced coal mine enterprises to continuously invest and upgrade. But when it came time to upgrade again to meet the new minimum capacity, they suddenly found their existing resource reserves insufficient to support it. Further investment for expansion would be throwing good money after bad.
The discontinuity and variability of that province's coal reform policies, and the blind, rapid increase of entry thresholds, caused many coal mines that followed the rules step-by-step to suffer heavy losses, plunging them into the dilemma of "waiting to die if they don't upgrade further, and courting death if they do." This led to the formation of a large number of dormant mines.
Regarding the aforementioned Changting Coal Mine, the Tianhu Mountain mining area where it is located is known as the "Coal Capital of Southern Fujian" and is one of Fujian's three major coal-producing areas. Yongchun County, where the mine is located, was once a major coal-producing county, with mining taxes accounting for over half of the county's revenue.
As the only remaining private coal mine in Yongchun County, Changting Coal Mine invested 246 million yuan in 2016 under the provincial government's requirement to "upgrade and transform a batch," forming an annual production capacity of 150,000 tons.
In September 2018, Changting Coal Mine was approved for renewal and obtained a new Mining License, valid for 10 years until September 26, 2028. The mining mineral is coal, with proven reserves of 7.854 million tons, a production scale of 150,000 tons/year, and an area of 7.0076 square kilometers.
Further exploration by Fujian Provincial 197 Geological Team estimated that at least an additional 10 million tons of coal reserves could be added. Ten million tons might be insignificant in northern coal-rich provinces, but in coal-scarce southern regions, this is not a small amount. Even at a capacity of 300,000 tons/year, it could be mined for over 30 years, providing employment for four to five hundred people.
Unexpectedly, after Changting Coal Mine spent nearly a year and huge funds completing the technical upgrade, the local government delayed approving its resumption of production for various reasons.
"On June 23, 2019, the mine's upgrade project was completed. Three days later, the mine applied to the former Yongchun County Coal Administration Bureau for a joint trial operation but received no reply," said Huang Zaixing, the mine's chief engineer, recalling the painful past. "Subsequently, the Yongchun County government's decision to require all private coal mines in the county to exit completely pushed the mine into an abyss. Changting Coal Mine has been suspended and shut down ever since, for a full seven years!"
A China Mining News reporter saw at the Changting Coal Mine site that the newly built coal adit from seven years ago was completely sealed off. The formerly bustling four-story miners' dormitory building stood empty. Only the leadership shift log at the production dispatch building, frozen on July 28, 2019, spoke of past prosperity.
To "stay alive," Changting Coal Mine had to find another path. According to the Yongchun County Mineral Resources Master Plan (2021-2025), which proposed "rationally arranging construction sand and stone mines county-wide to ensure a supply of machine-made sand and new building materials, guaranteeing raw material supply for regional construction," the mine requested to transform into a limestone mine using existing facilities. This request was also not agreed to.
Later, during exploration, Changting Coal Mine discovered a 5 to 7-meter thick skarn-type lead-zinc deposit with grades of 5% to 7% in the contact zone between the coal seam floor and limestone. Estimates suggest ore resources of about 13.5 million tons, lead-zinc metal of about 670,000 tons, and associated silver of about 337 tons. If proven, this would constitute a large lead-zinc deposit.
A geological exploration expert from Fujian Provincial 197 Geological Team, with decades of experience in Yongchun and surrounding counties, stated that Yongchun County is quite rich in lead-zinc-silver resources. During previous production exploration and mine expansion at "Changting Coal Mine," several new types of lead-zinc-silver ore bodies were discovered, inferred to be large deposits. More abundant lead-zinc-silver deposits have been inferred in the metallogenic belt of Yongchun and surrounding counties. Prospecting around existing mines, expanding reserves, and development in the deep and surrounding areas of original mines are key to revitalizing Yongchun's mining economy.
"This would mean Changting Coal Mine is simultaneously a newly discovered large polymetallic mine," said Cao Xusheng, a researcher at the Natural Resources Rule of Law Research Center of China University of Geosciences (Beijing), who visited Fujian four times in 2025 for research.
However, the new major prospecting discovery did not bring new hope. When Changting Coal Mine changed its approach and proposed partnering with a central state-owned enterprise for "prospecting around existing mines," in May this year, the Yongchun County Natural Resources Bureau clearly stated in a Notification letter that, according to provisions on "categorizing measures to promote resumption of production and prospecting around existing mines" in a Ministry of Natural Resources notice, Changting Coal Mine is a registered mine and does not qualify for prospecting around existing mines.
The Mining News reporter noted that Yongchun County's reply clearly contradicts the spirit of that document. Changting Coal Mine's transformation dream was shattered again.
In stark contrast to Changting Coal Mine's situation, the Yongchun County Mineral Resources Master Plan (2021-2025) clearly states the implementation of policies at all levels to protect resources and the legitimate rights and interests of mining right holders. Before major projects commence, project owners should be guided to inquire about mineral resource distribution in the project impact area. For construction projects overlaying proven reserves, project owners should be urged and guided to reach reasonable compensation agreements with mining right holders.
Interestingly, on June 7th, after Changting Coal Mine's unfair treatment attracted多方关注, local relevant departments issued a letter specifically regarding supporting the closure of Changting Coal Mine. The letter stated principle agreement and support for Changting Coal Mine's exit. For compliant closure actions, procedures such as mine closure acceptance, mining right cancellation, refund of remaining reserve mining right transfer fees, and coal production capacity replacement index trading would be handled according to laws and regulations, fully safeguarding the enterprise's legitimate rights and interests, and steadily advancing the closure work.
"'Principle agreement and support for exit,' from the literal meaning of the letter, seems as if Changting Coal Mine actively requested to exit. In reality, the mine has been requesting to resume operations since completing the upgrade seven years ago. Meanwhile, only after being shut down for so long did local relevant departments think of the legitimate rights and interests of the mining right holder, raising issues like 'refunding remaining reserve mining right transfer fees' and 'coal production capacity replacement index trading,'" said the person in charge of Changting Coal Mine with grief and indignation.
Nanping City in Fujian shares a similar plight with Yongchun County. Although Nanping is rich in fluorite and other mineral resources, in recent years, a local government meeting minutes document has prevented the normal renewal of many fluorite mine mining licenses that should have been renewed. Despite attention from various parties, and the Nanping municipal government issuing a notice in late May on further standardizing mineral resource management to promote high-quality mining development, the problem remains fundamentally unresolved, with many local fluorite mines still suffering.
"Local governments' lack of重视 and support, especially deliberate restrictions or prohibitions on mineral exploration and development activities, is a major cause of dormant and defunct mines. This not only seriously harms the legitimate rights and interests of mining right holders but is also detrimental to increasing reserves and production and national mineral resource security," relevant personnel stated. In reality, while there are many causes for dormant mines, those caused by administrative agencies account for a relatively high proportion, including improper mining right setup, administrative inaction, misconduct, or abuse of power.
Data from a research report on revitalizing dormant mines to resolve local and corporate debt, conducted by the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party, is alarming. The report shows that the objective existence of over 67,000 dormant mines and the continuous generation of new ones make it difficult to ensure mineral resource security. The research team learned from investigations in Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Fujian, Sichuan, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, etc., that among the 43,037 mining rights registered nationwide by the end of 2024, at least 34,400 were dormant mines.
"Local governments' excessive排斥 and restrictions on mineral exploration and development activities, not allowing prospecting in areas with potential, not allowing mining after resources are found with difficulty, and not allowing extraction from already built and normally operating mines, are harmful in every way. This seriously endangers national mineral resource security, constrains local economic development, severely damages the legitimate rights and interests of mining right holders, and is incompatible with the national employment priority strategy!" analyzed a senior mining expert.
It is understood that Changting Coal Mine's plight attracted the attention of the Peng Hu Town Elderly Association in Yongchun County. In a letter to Yongchun County's main leadership on November 21, 2020, the association stated that the closure of Yongchun's coal mining industry, which once supported "half the sky" of the county's economy, led to a sharp drop in county fiscal revenue and unemployment for成千上万 workers and众多 transporters.
The letter specifically mentioned that Changting Coal Mine has an on-site transformation project to mine limestone for production, which is practically feasible and has policy basis, could solve employment for 300 people, benefits people's livelihoods and social stability, and the mine has already invested over 200 million yuan in the earlier upgrade, requiring no large additional investment for transformation. Such a legal, compliant, reasonable project benefiting the county, enterprise, and people, submitted by the enterprise for over half a year,一直得不到支持. The association appealed and suggested the county party committee and government, from the高度 of "six stabilities and six guarantees," and the深度 of解救企业、促进经济发展、维护社会稳定所带来的深刻影响力, place solving the practical problem of Changting Coal Mine's on-site transformation on the agenda,慎重研究并尽快批复同意其申请进入报批程序.
Where exactly lies the difficulty in being unable to mine available resources? Mineral resources, as the "food of industry," concern national economic, political, and industrial security, and are名副其实的 "matters of national importance." Green, safe mining and scientific, efficient utilization of mineral resources are not only strategic needs for ensuring national mineral resource security but also客观需要 for promoting regional economic development and local employment.
Especially under current conditions where many county-level finances are tight and employment pressure is high, transforming local abundant mineral resource advantages into economic development advantages also benefits local economic development and farmers' employment and income. Such a win-win, beneficial endeavor, how does it become a difficult or even bad thing for some local governments? What causes these local governments to "turn pale at the mention of mining," dare not or are unwilling to support mineral exploration and development activities?
Industry experts believe that some local governments, especially at the county level, have not firmly established a correct view of political achievement and lack an overall national security perspective. When faced with matters, they only consider local, especially personal, honor, disgrace, and advancement, without truly incorporating safeguarding national strategic needs into their important agenda.
"Weighing the advantages, choose the greater; weighing the disadvantages, choose the lesser. Precisely because in the eyes of some local governments, the harms of mineral exploration and development outweigh the benefits, and any misstep could lead to accountability for mine safety or environmental incidents. Therefore, they would rather shut down all mines, even living poorly守着金山, than轻易冒险支持放开矿产勘查开发活动," an industry expert pointed out bluntly. "This behavior of不敢担当、乱作为 damages the image of local governments, affects local economic development, endangers national mineral resource security, and infringes upon the legitimate rights and interests of mining right holders."
Objectively speaking, utilizing local mineral resource advantages to scientifically and orderly develop the mining industry, on a large scale, benefits national mineral resource security; on a smaller scale, promotes local economic development and the security of local industrial and supply chains,助推 "industrial强市" construction.
The reason some local governments放着 "win-win" good deeds不为, and are not "感冒" towards the mining industry, even公然抵制矿产勘查开发活动, has deeper causes. On one hand, these local governments have insufficient understanding of the overall development规律 and形势 of the domestic and international mining industry, still viewing the new mining industry with old眼光, harboring deep-rooted偏见 against it.
Undeniably, mining, as a labor-intensive traditional industry, was once an accident-prone sector极易造成群死群伤, and a key industry容易引发环保问题. But in recent years, with continuous advancement in mining and processing equipment technology,全面推进 of green mines, and improvement in intelligent mine construction levels, most Chinese mine enterprises have achieved a "quantum leap." "Greening, intelligentization, and high-end development" have become the mainstream of the mining industry. Overly放大 the negative effects of mining enterprises while ignoring national mineral resource security and the positive effects of mining enterprises is明显有失公允 for the entire industry.
On the other hand, there is巨大压力 from various inspections,巡查, spot checks, and the resulting excessive accountability and blind blame. Currently, local governments, especially county-level ones, have heavy tasks and重大责任, needing to统筹考虑、有序推进 economic, safety, environmental, public security, stability, employment, education, and all other aspects.
Mine safety and environmental protection, as hard-constraint "red lines,"极易引发上级重视、社会关注. Some local governments have形容矿山管理的艰巨性和危险性 as "a mine is a powder keg;稍有不慎就会被炸得粉身碎骨." Meanwhile, some上级检查部门 also总爱盯着矿山企业说事, with个别检查人员不懂矿山生产规律, making a cursory visit and listing一大堆问题. In their eyes, every mine visited becomes a "problem mine," "hidden danger mine," or "polluting mine."
Coupled with the unscientific, imprecise, and non-rigorous safety assessment system,以及检查标准完美化、追责泛滥化、问责过度化, this environment not only induces大量瞒报事故 but also加剧了地方政府对矿山的恐惧心理,助长了他们彻底关停煤矿等高风险矿山的决心.
"'Starting from zero, striving towards zero' is a goal proposed by mine safety regulators and enterprises in recent years. But since it's 'striving towards zero,' it means zero fatalities is the goal, the direction all mining enterprises strive for. For mining enterprises, with complex underground geological conditions,繁琐 production links,众多矿工, any疏忽大意 at any workplace or by any矿工 could become a potential accident. This requires building a scientific and effective assessment mechanism, organically combining the goal with现实安全状况,既要保障 every mining enterprise's work towards zero fatalities proceeds smoothly,又不能因一次小小的偶发事故而 '全盘否定' or '一棒子打死'," said relevant industry personnel. The unscientific safety assessment mechanism and excessive accountability, especially under the名义 of "讲政治," where a single accident leads to completely否定地方政府多年来的安全监管成绩 and过度追究地方政府人员责任, is also a major reason causing local governments to dare not support the mining industry.
This person also stated that for local governments, safety is the压倒一切的大事. Within a three-to-five-year term, indicators like fiscal revenue,民生改善,劳动就业固然重要, but compared to safety, they are微不足道. As long as no major safety incidents occur during their term, that is the greatest political achievement. Under the influence of this错误政绩观, local governments closing mining enterprises is a matter of早晚.
In fact, the National Mine Safety Administration has also深刻认识到 the problems caused by the unscientific safety assessment mechanism, such as local "one-size-fits-all" approaches and prominent事故瞒报. In August 2023, the副司长 of the Accident Investigation and Statistics Department of the National Mine Safety Administration stated in an interview that it is necessary to seriously study the深层次原因 behind mine accidents and propose improvement measures from aspects like规范执法、精准追责、科学考核.
"Currently, safety and environmental protection have become two major '心病' for local governments. Mining, as a highly关注、影响较大的 industry, naturally首当其冲, becoming the object of重点 '关照' and '严防死守' by local governments. With such a mindset, adopting 'one-size-fits-all' measures to shut down all mines becomes见怪不怪、顺理成章了," analyzed an industry expert.
特别值得一提的是, the mismatch between权力 and责任 and the不合理收益分配 in the mining right transfer process is also a major reason local governments are unwilling to support mineral exploration and development activities. It is understood that the current mining right transfer收益分配办法 allocates 40% to the central财政, 40% to provincial财政 in many provinces (with少数省份 like Zhejiang retaining none at the provincial level, fully allocating to市、县两级),加上市级财政分走一部分, leaving county-level财政 with only about 10% of the "残羹冷炙." However,监管责任 for safety, environmental protection, illegal mining, etc.,全部压在了县级政府身上.
With minimal收益 and重大责任, such an unfair, mismatched责权利机制 naturally causes付出更多的县级政府 to心理失衡, unwilling to冒着巨大风险 to support mineral exploration and development activities.
"How can one快步疾行 while负重? Only with equal权力,责任, and利益, allowing local governments to truly放下包袱和压力, not畏首畏尾、时时处于担心问责的高压之下, while also enabling substantial local fiscal revenue through mining right transfer收益 and mining development, can local governments'积极性 be fully调动,放手支持矿业发展," said industry insiders.
The time will come when available resources can be mined. In recent years, against the background of the全面推进 of the new round of strategic action for prospecting breakthroughs and the高度重视 of the national natural resources system towards increasing reserves and production, natural resources systems at all levels have continuously improved地质找矿机制, actively推出新的矿业权. They have not only achieved "increased reserves" through new prospecting breakthroughs but also taken measures like "净矿出让" and guaranteeing mine land and forest use需求 to着力优化 the mining industry's business environment, supporting在建在产矿山 in "increasing production."
Particularly regarding dormant mines formed due to various historical reasons, natural resources departments have also paid close attention. As early as September 2024, the General Office of the Ministry of Natural Resources issued a notice on promoting prospecting around existing mines in停产矿山. It required surveying the situation of closed and停产矿山 nationwide, categorizing measures to promote prospecting around existing mines and resumption of production, to提升资源保障能力. Subsequently, Anhui, Shaanxi, Gansu, and other places相继有政策落地.
On April 29th this year, the Ministry of Natural Resources明确表示 at a regular press conference that it will坚持激励约束并重 to推动行业高质量发展. On the激励 side, aimed at激活市场, there are five specific measures: First,完善找矿激励机制, encouraging mining enterprises to conduct "prospecting around existing mines" in deep and peripheral areas. Second,优化矿业权出让方式,推行 "净矿"出让 to attract social capital. Third,探索建立勘查风险基金 to降低社会资本进入早期勘查的风险. Fourth,盘活存量资源,推动 "呆矿" "死矿"转化为可采资源. Fifth,营造公平透明的市场环境, simplifying administrative approvals and protecting矿业权人权益.
Earlier, in June 2025, the Fujian Provincial Department of Natural Resources, the Fujian Provincial Emergency Management Department, and the Fujian Bureau of the National Mine Safety Administration jointly issued a notice proposing six specific measures to加强对长期停工停产地采矿山的安全监管及风险防控, ensuring safe and orderly resumption of production for such mines.
值得关注的是, the notice特别指出 that expired underground mines, after消除停工停产因素, can apply for采矿权顺延手续. Mining enterprises, after completing safety预评价, can conduct supplementary exploration and reserve verification according to relevant technical规范, and细化要求 for enterprises conducting such work.
Domestic多名专家 have深入实地考察 Changting Coal Mine and used it as an example to "解剖麻雀," proposing suggestions on how to revitalize dormant mines. Relevant experts stated that Changting Coal Mine has the必要性和可行性 for prospecting around existing mines, adding mineral types, and resuming production. It符合国家找矿突破、增储上产的政策. After adding mineral types, Changting Coal Mine would be a国家支持的多矿种共伴生大型战略性矿山.
Cao Xusheng, researcher at the Natural Resources Rule of Law Research Center of China University of Geosciences (Beijing) and member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering's mineral law revision课题组, stated, "This was originally a重大找矿突破,符合自然资源部复工复产的规定. Once mineral types are added, it becomes a large mine, potentially increasing Yongchun County's税收 by over 5%. But Yongchun County just won't allow resumption,明显违反了 the new Mineral Resources Law and the Regulations."
Guan Fengjun, President of the Natural Resources Branch of the China Association of Senior Scientists and Technicians and former Director-General of the Geological Environment Department of the former Ministry of Land and Resources, stated during research that currently,矿产资源需求处于上升期,矿产资源管理政策处于调整期, and the coordinated development of mining and ecological protection处于转型期. There are still some短板和不足 in mineral resource development, such as insufficient prospecting innovation力度 and limited prospecting空间.
Experts from the Institute of Mineral Resources, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, after on-site research, also expressed agreement. Participating experts suggested that Yongchun County should take this as an opportunity to加大政策创新和支持力度,推动新建、改扩建一批大中型矿山,加快已建矿山达产达效, and开展停工停产矿山纾难解困行动 to further释放矿业市场潜力.
"Regarding situations where mines are停产 due to various reasons, the Ministry of Natural Resources has given分类指导意见. For example, five types of停产矿山情形 can promote复工复产、就矿找矿. Changting Coal Mine符合第三种情形: '停产的 due to不符合环境保护、安全生产、用地用林等要求,协调推进复工复产' and第五种情形: '停产的 due to企业自身经营原因,做好服务引导' which includes guiding cooperation with or transfer of mining rights to capable enterprises,指导企业提高低品位、共伴生、难选冶矿山综合开发利用水平, and做好矿权维护及产能储备等," said Cao Xusheng, as the head of the multi-department联合设立的 "盘活呆死矿化解地方债和企业债"课题组. He believes the aforementioned documents明确 state that for mines closed due to policy reasons with mining rights cancelled,重新筛选出让区块 for prospecting around existing mines. Changting Coal Mine was guided to exit in 2019 due to policy, its mining rights are not cancelled, and its mining license is still valid.理应采取一矿一策、复工复产、就矿找矿的措施.
How to消除地方政府的后顾之忧 and fully调动地方政府支持矿业开发和 "增储上产"的积极性 is also关键之一. Relevant personnel believe it is necessary to统筹高质量矿业开发与高水平安全、高质量矿业开发与高水平生态保护. By establishing scientific safety and environmental assessment mechanisms and mineral resource security责任机制, and提高地方政府在矿业权出让收益分配中的比例, the疑虑和困扰 of local governments can be fundamentally打消,破解地方 "有矿不能开"的问题.
值得关注的是, in recent years,一些地方政府 in Xinjiang, Gansu, Sichuan, Zhejiang, as well as Pingliang City, Liangshan Prefecture, etc., in the new round of prospecting breakthrough action, from the大局 of保障国家能源资源安全, have conducted大胆探索 through institutional and机制创新 in areas like mining right transfer收益激励 and化解矿山历史遗留问题, achieving明显成效 and有力助推了 "增储上产"目标的实现.
The promulgation and implementation of the new Mineral Resources Law and the Regulations not only create a良好环境 for the high-quality development of China's mining industry but also provide法律保障 for the new round of strategic action for prospecting breakthroughs. However, merely finding resources and building mines does not mean national energy and resource security is guaranteed or that the mining industry can achieve high-quality development. Only by做到 "有矿能开" and through efficient comprehensive utilization of mineral resources transforming them into真正的经济优势 can development底气 be足 and development实力更强.
The国家有需求,法律有 "护航,"部门有行动. Local governments也应当仁不让,不妨先从盘活存量资产入手,通过让长期关停的矿山起死回生、利用老矿山 "就矿找矿"来切实担负起 "增储上产"、保障国家矿产资源安全的重任. For local governments, this is also a考量 of如何树立和践行正确政绩观!
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