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General Secretary Xi Jinping has pointed out that “mineral resources are an important material foundation for economic and social development; mineral-resource exploration and development concern the national economy, the people’s livelihood, and national security,” emphasizing that “we must strengthen the exploration, protection, and rational development of mineral resources, and improve the level of mineral-resource exploration, rational extraction, and comprehensive utilization.” The “Proposals of the CPC Central Committee on Formulating the 15th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development” stress that we must “consolidate the foundation of national security guarantees; ensure the security of grain, energy resources, key industrial and supply chains, and major infrastructure; and strengthen the exploration, development, and reserve of strategic mineral resources.” Starting from the strategic overall picture, we must earnestly implement the important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping and the spirit of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, raise the level of mineral-resource exploration, rational extraction, and comprehensive utilization, and provide solid resource guarantees for firmly holding our energy “rice bowl” in our own hands and for comprehensively building a modern socialist country. 习近平总书记指出，“矿产资源是经济社会发展的重要物质基础，矿产资源勘查开发事关国计民生和国家安全”，强调“要加强矿产资源勘查、保护、合理开发，提高矿产资源勘查合理开采和综合利用水平”。《中共中央关于制定国民经济和社会发展第十五个五年规划的建议》强调，“夯实国家安全基础保障，确保粮食、能源资源、重要产业链供应链、重大基础设施安全，加强战略性矿产资源勘探开发和储备”。我们必须从战略全局出发，认真贯彻落实习近平总书记重要指示批示精神和党的二十届四中全会精神，提高矿产资源勘查合理开采和综合利用水平，为把能源的饭碗牢牢端在自己手里、全面建设社会主义现代化国家提供坚实的资源保障。

Deeply understand the major significance of improving mineral-resource exploration, rational extraction, and comprehensive utilization for safeguarding national security, advancing ecological civilization, and achieving high-quality development 深刻认识提高矿产资源勘查合理开采和综合利用水平对保障国家安全、推动生态文明建设、实现高质量发展的重大意义

At present, the world is undergoing changes unseen in a century at an accelerated pace; the global mineral-resources landscape is being profoundly reshaped, and supply-chain uncertainties have markedly increased. Raising the level of mineral-resource exploration, rational extraction, and comprehensive utilization is of extreme importance and immediate urgency for safeguarding national resource security, advancing ecological civilization, and achieving high-quality development. 当前，世界百年未有之大变局加速演进，全球矿产资源格局深刻调整，供应链不确定性显著增加。提高矿产资源勘查合理开采和综合利用水平，对于保障国家资源安全、推动生态文明建设、实现高质量发展具有极端重要性和现实紧迫性。

A strategic choice to meet risks and challenges and safeguard national resource security. General Secretary Xi Jinping has stressed, “To realize the Chinese Dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and ensure that the people live and work in peace and contentment, national security is the top priority.” Resource security concerns national survival and development and is one of the most fundamental security needs. China is both a major producer and consumer of mineral resources, but for some strategic minerals, external dependence remains high and supply-chain resilience needs strengthening. The complex and volatile international geopolitical environment and the rise of trade protectionism have made the supply of strategic minerals more uncertain and unstable, with potential risks that cannot be ignored. Only by firmly grasping energy and resource security in our own hands can we seize the initiative in international competition and advance steadily over the long term. Substantially improving domestic exploration precision, extraction efficiency, and comprehensive utilization will increase the resilience, flexibility, and sustainability of domestic energy-resource supply—an inherent necessity to effectively hedge external risks and to build a solid national security barrier, and a “matter of national importance” that bears on the country’s long-term development. 应对风险挑战、保障国家资源安全的战略抉择。习近平总书记指出，“实现中华民族伟大复兴的中国梦，保证人民安居乐业，国家安全是头等大事”。资源安全关乎国家生存与发展，是最基本的安全需求之一。我国是矿产资源生产和消费大国，但部分战略性矿产资源对外依存度较高，供应链韧性有待加强。国际地缘政治复杂多变、贸易保护主义抬头等外部环境，使得战略性矿产资源供应的不确定性、不稳定性凸显，潜在风险不容忽视。唯有将能源资源安全牢牢掌握在自己手中，才能在国际竞争中把握主动、行稳致远。大力提高国内矿产资源勘查精度、开采效率和综合利用水平，增加国内能源资源供给的韧性、弹性和可持续性，是有效对冲外部风险、筑牢国家安全屏障的内在需要，是关系国家长远发展的“国之大者”。

An inevitable requirement for practicing the concept of green development and advancing ecological civilization. General Secretary Xi Jinping has said, “Ecological civilization construction is a fundamental plan for the perpetual development of the Chinese nation, a major political issue bearing on the Party’s mission and purpose, and a major social issue affecting people’s well-being,” and that “conserving resources is the fundamental strategy for protecting the ecological environment.” Mineral-resource exploration and rational extraction are inextricably linked with ecological protection and restoration. Traditional extensive development not only wastes resources but also easily causes surface subsidence, water pollution, and ecological damage, falling short of the people’s expectations for a fine environment. Promoting coordinated development between mineral exploitation and ecological protection is an integral part of ecological civilization. Through technological innovation and strict regulation—driving green exploration and green-mine construction; strengthening the comprehensive utilization of associated and low-grade minerals; and promoting comprehensive recovery of tailings and waste rock—we can minimize the ecological impacts of mining, integrate mining activities into healthy regional ecosystems, and foster a green, low-carbon development model for the mining industry, thereby contributing to building a Beautiful China. 践行绿色发展理念、推动生态文明建设的必然要求。习近平总书记指出，“生态文明建设是关系中华民族永续发展的根本大计，是关系党的使命宗旨的重大政治问题，是关系民生福祉的重大社会问题”“节约资源是保护生态环境的根本之策”。矿产资源勘查合理开采与生态环境保护修复密不可分。传统的粗放式开发模式不仅造成资源浪费，也容易引发地表塌陷、水体污染、生态破坏等问题，与人民群众对优美生态环境的期盼存在差距。推动矿产资源开发与生态环境保护协调发展，是生态文明建设的题中应有之义。通过技术创新和严格监管，牵引和倒逼绿色勘查、绿色矿山建设，强化共伴生、低品位矿综合利用，推动尾矿废石综合回收，能够最大限度减少矿产资源开采对生态环境的影响，将矿产开发活动融入区域生态系统良性循环，推动形成绿色低碳的矿业发展模式，为建设美丽中国贡献力量。

The only path to transforming the development model and achieving high-quality development. General Secretary Xi Jinping has stated, “High-quality development is the primary task in building a modern socialist country in all respects.” High-quality development embodies the new development philosophy and requires economical and intensive resource use. Mineral resources are nonrenewable gifts of nature; their scarcity means we must cherish them. The past extensive growth model driven by massive resource inputs is no longer sustainable; we must shift to an intensive model that emphasizes connotation, efficiency, and environmental friendliness. Improving the “three rates”—ore recovery rate, beneficiation recovery rate, and comprehensive utilization rate of associated minerals—essentially raises total factor productivity and is an important hallmark of high-quality development in mining. By extending industrial chains toward deeper processing and raising product added value, we can drive mining transformation and upgrading and achieve unity among economic, social, and environmental benefits at a higher level, injecting strong momentum into building a modern economic system. 转变发展方式、实现高质量发展的必由之路。习近平总书记指出，“高质量发展是全面建设社会主义现代化国家的首要任务”。高质量发展是体现新发展理念的发展，要求节约集约利用资源。矿产资源是不可再生的自然馈赠，其稀缺性决定了我们必须倍加珍惜。过去依靠资源大量投入的粗放型增长方式已难以为继，必须向更加注重内涵提升、效率提高、环境友好的集约型发展方式转变。提高矿产资源开采回采率、选矿回收率、共伴生矿产综合利用率“三率”水平，本质上就是提升全要素生产率，是矿业领域高质量发展的重要标志。通过推动矿产资源产业链向精深加工延伸，提升产品附加值，可以促进矿业转型升级，进而在更高水平上实现矿产资源开发与经济、社会、环境效益的统一，为构建现代化经济体系注入强劲动力。

Resolutely shoulder the political responsibility of improving mineral-resource exploration, rational extraction, and comprehensive utilization, and put the “Two Upholds” into action 坚决扛起提高矿产资源勘查合理开采和综合利用水平的政治责任，以实际行动践行“两个维护”

In recent years, the national natural-resources system, together with relevant departments, localities, and enterprises, has thoroughly implemented the decisions of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, adopted a series of strong measures, and steadily raised the levels of exploration, development, and comprehensive utilization—achieving notable results. 近年来，全国自然资源系统会同有关部门、地方和企业，深入贯彻落实党中央、国务院决策部署，采取一系列有力措施，推动矿产资源勘查开发与综合利用水平稳步提升，取得显著成效。

The new round of “prospecting breakthrough” strategic action has advanced in depth, further consolidating the resource base. General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed, “We must intensify exploration, implement a new round of prospecting breakthrough strategic action, and raise the level of development and protection of marine and mineral resources.” Centered on national strategic needs, we are accelerating a new mechanism for prospecting breakthroughs featuring central–local–enterprise coordination and integrated “survey–evaluation–tackling” advancement; strengthening the synergy of science and technology, talent, and equipment; and deploying a series of basic geological surveys and exploration projects in key metallogenic belts. With stronger policy support and increased inputs from the central and local governments and enterprises, exploration technologies keep advancing, and deep detection and prospecting prediction capabilities have been significantly enhanced. A number of large and super-large deposits have been discovered and evaluated in succession; major progress has been made in key western metallogenic belts and in the deep and peripheral parts of old mines; there have been major discoveries in oil, gas, and uranium; and breakthroughs have been achieved in strategic emerging minerals. New reserves have been added for multiple important minerals, and the years of guaranteed supply for key minerals has been stabilized or even extended, creating continuity for resource security. As of now, the vast majority of strategic minerals have completed their nationwide “14th Five-Year” prospecting targets. 新一轮找矿突破战略行动深入推进，资源家底进一步夯实。习近平总书记指出，“要加大勘查力度，实施新一轮找矿突破战略行动，提高海洋资源、矿产资源开发保护水平”。围绕国家战略需求，加快构建“央地企”协调联动、“找评攻”一体化推进的找矿突破新机制，加大科技、人才、装备协同保障力度，在重点成矿区带部署实施一系列基础地质调查和矿产勘查项目。加快政策供给，中央、地方、企业联动投入力度持续加大，勘查技术方法不断进步，深部探测和找矿预测能力显著增强。相继发现和评价一批大型超大型矿床，在西部重要成矿带、老矿山深部及外围取得重大进展，油气、铀矿勘探取得重大发现，特别是战略性新兴产业矿产取得重大突破，新增一批重要矿产资源储量，重要矿产资源保障年限得以稳定甚至延长，为资源安全提供了接续空间。截至目前，绝大多数战略性矿种已完成全国“十四五”找矿目标任务。

The level of rational extraction has improved across the board, and development order has been continually standardized. General Secretary Xi Jinping noted, “We must strengthen the production and supply of grain and strategic mineral resources and build strategic bases to guarantee the supply of key primary products for the country,” and “strengthen planning control of mineral resources and promote large-scale, intensive development and utilization.” A large number of energy-resource bases and national planned mining areas have now been built; the structure of mines by size has become more rational; large and medium-sized mines account for more than 50% by number and over 80% by capacity nationwide. Green-mine construction has been reinforced, with more than 1,000 national-level and over 4,000 provincial-level green mines established. For scarce strategic minerals, we have pushed producing mines to raise output efficiently and accelerated capacity formation in mines under construction. By clearing bottlenecks and difficulties, we have surveyed and activated unused resources and built a number of new mine capacities. We have rationally controlled total extraction of advantageous minerals such as rare earths and tungsten to promote sustainable supply. The standardization and intensification of mineral-resource development and utilization have risen markedly. 矿产资源合理开采水平全面提升，开发秩序持续规范。习近平总书记指出，“要强化粮食和战略性矿产资源等生产供应，打造保障国家重要初级产品供给战略基地”“加强矿产资源规划管控和规模化集约化开发利用”。目前全国已建成一大批能源资源基地和国家规划矿区，大中小型矿山结构更趋合理，全国大中型矿山数量占比超过50%、产能占比超过80%。加强绿色矿山建设，全国已建成1000多家国家级绿色矿山、4000余家省级绿色矿山。针对紧缺战略性矿产，加力推动生产矿山提产达效，在建矿山快速形成产能。打通堵点难点，调查盘活一批未利用资源，新建一批矿山产能。合理控制稀土、钨等优势矿产开发总量，推动资源可持续供应。矿产资源开发利用的规范化、集约化程度显著提高。

The level of comprehensive utilization has risen substantially, yielding notable benefits in conservation and intensive use. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized, “Grasp resource utilization at the source, advance total resource management, scientific allocation, comprehensive conservation, and recycling, and comprehensively improve resource-use efficiency.” With mechanisms for policy incentives, standards guidance, technology promotion, exemplary pilots, and strengthened supervision, we have issued 125 “three-rate” indicator standards across mineral types; re-evaluated associated and low-grade resources; and promoted more than 300 advanced and applicable technologies for conservation and comprehensive utilization. Many previously hard-to-use low-grade ores are gradually becoming economically minable resources—turning “idle ores” into “active ores,” small deposits into big ones, and waste into treasure; extending processing chains; and steadily raising resource output. Comprehensive utilization not only delivers sound economic returns but also reduces solid-waste emissions and land occupation, achieving multiple wins across resource, economic, environmental, and social benefits. 矿产资源综合利用水平大幅提高，节约集约利用效益显著。习近平总书记指出，“抓住资源利用这个源头，推进资源总量管理、科学配置、全面节约、循环利用，全面提高资源利用效率”。构建政策激励、标准引领、技术推广、典型示范、强化监管等机制，发布实施125个矿种“三率”指标标准，开展共伴生、低品位资源再评价，推广应用300多项矿产资源节约与综合利用先进适用技术，大量以前难以利用的低品位矿逐步转化为经济可采资源，将“呆矿”变“活矿”、小矿变大矿，点石成金，变废为宝，推动矿产品精深加工和产业链延伸，资源产出率不断提高。资源综合利用不仅产生了良好的经济效益，更减少了固体废弃物排放和土地占用，实现了资源效益、经济效益、环境效益和社会效益的多赢。

While affirming achievements, we must also soberly recognize that China’s overall mineral endowment is not advantageous; complex, hard-to-use resources account for a high share; imbalance and inadequacy remain in mining-sector innovation and development; the green, low-carbon transition is arduous; legal and policy frameworks still need improvement; and there is still a long way to go to comprehensively enhance mineral-resource security capacity. 在肯定成绩的同时，也要清醒认识到，我国矿产资源禀赋总体欠佳，复杂难利用资源占比高，矿业领域创新发展不平衡不充分的问题依然存在，绿色低碳转型任务艰巨，法律法规政策体系仍需完善，全面提升矿产资源安全保障能力依然任重道远。

Strive to open up a new chapter in mineral-resource exploration, rational extraction, and comprehensive utilization, and fully support Chinese-style modernization 奋力开创矿产资源勘查合理开采和综合利用的新局面，全力支撑中国式现代化建设

The Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee proposed improving the coordinated and connected system for exploration, production, supply, storage, and sales of strategic mineral resources. At present, China’s mineral-resource demand is in an upswing; management policies are in an adjustment period; the coordinated development of mining and ecological protection is in transition; and the external environment is unstable. We must strengthen bottom-line and extreme-scenario thinking, earnestly implement General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important statements on mineral-resource security, act proactively, fulfill our responsibilities and mission, further improve the level of exploration, rational extraction, and comprehensive utilization, and comprehensively consolidate the foundation of national mineral-resource security. 党的二十届三中全会提出，完善战略性矿产资源探产供储销统筹和衔接体系。当前，我国矿产资源需求处于上升期、矿产资源管理政策处于调整期、矿业开发和生态保护协调发展处于转型期、外部环境处于不稳定期。我们必须强化底线思维、极限思维，认真贯彻落实习近平总书记关于矿产资源安全保障的重要论述精神，积极主动作为，履行责任使命，进一步提升矿产资源勘查合理开采和综合利用水平，全方位夯实国家矿产资源安全根基。

Strengthen legal and policy safeguards and build long-term mechanisms of incentives and constraints. Deepen reform of the mineral-resources management system; fully implement the newly revised Mineral Resources Law; accelerate the “establish-revise-repeal” work on supporting regulations such as the Detailed Implementation Rules; and promote organic alignment between approvals for mineral use and for land, forests, grasslands, and maritime areas. Fully advance competitive assignment of mining rights to better reflect resource scarcity, market supply-demand relationships, and ecological-environmental costs. Improve the “three-rate” standards system; strengthen inspections and law enforcement; and crack down on illegal mining and out-of-boundary mining to foster a fair, transparent, and law-based market environment. 强化法治政策保障，构建激励约束长效机制。深化矿产资源管理制度改革，全面落实新修订的《中华人民共和国矿产资源法》，加快《中华人民共和国矿产资源法实施细则》等配套法规制度“立改废”，推进用矿与用地用林用草用海审批有机衔接。全面推进矿业权竞争性出让，更好反映资源稀缺程度、市场供求关系和生态环境成本。完善矿产资源“三率”标准体系。强化督察执法，严厉打击无证开采、越界开采等违法行为，营造公平、透明、法治的市场环境。

Give prominence to planning-led control and optimize the development–protection pattern. Properly draw up the “15th Five-Year” mineral-resources plan, scientifically set targets and tasks for prospecting to increase reserves, ramping up production, and comprehensive utilization; plan major projects; strengthen the construction of energy-resource bases and national planned mining areas; and accelerate the formation of a new batch of national-level mining bases. Promote coordination between mineral development and regional development, territorial-spatial patterns, and ecological-protection red lines. Strengthen the reserve and protection of strategic-mineral deposits. Scientifically regulate the total amount and timing of mining-rights offerings to guide the clustering of capital, technology, and talent in leading enterprises and key regions. Improve the security monitoring and early-warning system for mineral resources, dynamically assess supply risks, and refine contingency plans. 突出规划引领管控，优化资源开发保护格局。谋划好“十五五”矿产资源规划，科学设定找矿增储、开发上产、综合利用等目标任务，科学谋划重大工程和重大项目，加强能源资源基地和国家规划矿区建设，加快形成新的一批国家级矿产资源开采基地。促进矿产资源开发与区域发展、国土空间格局、生态保护红线相协调。加强战略性矿产资源矿产地储备和保护。科学调控矿业权投放总量和时序，引导资金、技术、人才等要素向优势企业和重点区域集聚。健全矿产资源安全监测预警体系，动态评估资源供应风险，制定和完善应急预案。

Step up the “prospecting breakthrough” strategy to achieve the goals of adding reserves and increasing output. Scientifically plan and advance prospecting breakthroughs during the 15th Five-Year period; strengthen central–local–enterprise coordination; and expand prospecting space. Focus on strategic minerals—highlighting scarce and bulk advantageous minerals—enhance basic geological surveys and potential assessments, and broaden the sources of exploration blocks. Improve the funding mechanism for prospecting, increase central fiscal input, and guide social capital to participate. Encourage mining enterprises to conduct “just-in-mine” exploration in deeper and marginal zones. Deepen international cooperation and diversify resource-supply channels. 加力实施找矿突破战略行动，实现增储上产目标。科学谋划和深入推进“十五五”期间找矿突破行动，加强“央地企”协调联动，拓展找矿空间。聚焦战略性矿产，突出紧缺和大宗优势矿产，加强基础地质调查和潜力评价，拓展勘查区块来源。完善找矿资金投入机制，加大中央财政投入，引导带动社会资本投入。鼓励矿山企业开展深部、边部“就矿找矿”。深化国际合作，拓展多元化资源供应渠道。

Uphold sci-tech innovation as the pillar and drive industrial transformation and upgrading. Implement the national major S&T projects on deep-Earth exploration and mineral-resource prospecting; concentrate efforts to overcome key core technologies and equipment for Earth tomography, resource detection, and green utilization; and accelerate the scaled application of domestically produced critical equipment. Vigorously promote advanced, applicable digital and intelligent technologies; deepen integration across industry, academia, research, and application; and speed up the transformation and industrial application of S&T achievements. Strengthen talent training and introduction in the mining field and build high-level innovation teams. 坚持科技创新支撑，驱动产业转型升级。实施好地球深部探测与矿产资源勘查国家科技重大专项，集中力量攻克透视地球、探测资源、绿色利用等关键核心技术装备，加快实现国产关键设备规模化应用。大力推广数字化、智能化先进适用技术，促进产学研用深度融合，加速科技成果转化和产业化应用。加强矿业领域人才培养和引进，打造高水平创新团队。

Comprehensively advance green-mine construction and promote green development in mining. Embed the green-development concept throughout the entire process of exploration, extraction, and protection. Carry out in-depth surveys and evaluations of development-and-utilization levels and implement incentive-and-constraint policies. Continue advancing green-mine construction and improve the standards system—ensuring all new mines meet green-mine standards and accelerating the upgrading of producing mines. Strictly implement enterprises’ primary responsibilities and strengthen ecological protection and restoration in mining areas. 全面推进绿色矿山建设，促进矿业绿色发展。将绿色发展理念贯穿矿产资源勘查、开采和保护的全过程。深入开展矿产资源开发利用水平调查评估，落实激励约束政策。持续推进绿色矿山建设，完善绿色矿山标准体系，实现新建矿山全部达到绿色矿山标准，生产矿山加快改造升级。严格落实矿山企业主体责任，强化矿区生态保护和修复。