In 2010, as the discussion on the reform and development of geological prospecting continued to deepen, the Ministry of Land and Resources issued the "Several Opinions on Establishing a New Mechanism for Geological Prospecting" (Landou Zifa [2010] No. 59). Explore and practice and summarize a new prospecting mechanism of “public welfare first, fund connection, commercial follow-up, comprehensive exploration, and rapid breakthrough”. "Several Opinions" proposes to rapidly promote the construction of new mechanism platforms for geological prospecting and accelerate the realization of major breakthroughs in geological prospecting; it proposes to encourage, support and guide social capital to invest in geological prospecting, and for geological prospecting where market entities can independently invest in accordance with laws and regulations In principle, state financial funds will no longer be invested in the project. The "Several Opinions" require that, first, establish a diversified investment system for mineral exploration, clarify the positioning of various types of funds, and encourage social funds to enter the field of risky exploration; second, establish an incentive mechanism to mobilize the enthusiasm of geological exploration units, the main force in geological prospecting; The third is to make overall planning and unified deployment, implement integrated exploration, and improve the efficiency of prospecting.

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In order to promote the reform of key areas and key links in land and resources management, and to explore and resolve the "dilemma" between ensuring development and protecting resources, from 2007 to the present , the Ministry of Land and Resources signed 26 cooperation agreements with 25 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) to build a ministry-provincial cooperation platform. The signing and implementation of the cooperation agreement not only enhanced the understanding, mutual trust and support between the ministries and provinces, but also became an important platform and starting point for the ministries and provinces to realize complementary advantages, implement common responsibilities, deepen exploration and innovation, and jointly solve problems. , accumulated a lot of experience and produced many bright spots.

Major progress has been made in geological prospecting, and the ability to guarantee mineral resources has been continuously improved. The level of basic geological survey work has been significantly improved. Qinghai, Tibet, Xinjiang, Ningxia, Hebei, Hunan, Henan, Guangdong and other places have successively carried out a series of basic geological surveys of different scales such as regional geological surveys, regional gravity surveys, regional geochemical surveys, geochemical surveys, and important metallogenic belts. Significant progress has been made in mineral survey and evaluation. Geological prospecting has yielded fruitful results. In the three years since the Qinghai-Tibet Special Project, 50 new large and medium-sized mineral deposits have been discovered, and a large amount of resources have been discovered, including 18 million tons of copper, 12 million tons of lead and zinc, 300 million tons of iron, 200 million tons of potash, and 1.83 million tons of lithium carbonate. Ton. New breakthroughs have been made in deep prospecting in key metallogenic prospecting areas such as Jidong, Chengde and Handan in Hebei Province. It is estimated that more than 1.3 billion tons of iron ore resource reserves can be obtained in these three areas.

The construction of a new geological prospecting mechanism has made progress, laying the foundation for the long-term development of the geological prospecting industry. Various regions are actively exploring to promote the integration of exploration and development, extend the industrial chain of the geological exploration industry, and summarize and form some effective new geological prospecting mechanisms that "build resource management, social capital, and exploration technology." Through the guidance of special funds from the central government, the Qinghai-Tibet Project has driven a substantial increase in capital investment from local governments and social channels, explored the "four unifications" integrated exploration management model, explored income distribution and prospecting incentives, and created favorable conditions for promoting geological exploration work. condition. Gansu has set up a 500 million yuan geological exploration fund to actively promote the reform and development of geological exploration units, promote the complementary advantages of geological exploration units, talent and technology, and mining enterprise capital management, and initially form a "public welfare first, fund connection, commercial follow-up, and integrated exploration" , rapid breakthrough" pattern.

Local areas are actively exploring investment models in geological exploration. The good practices and experiences of Xinjiang, Anhui, Henan and other places were exchanged at the "Symposium on Comprehensively Promoting the New Mechanism of Geological Prospecting" held in November 2010. In the exploration of new geological prospecting mechanisms and prospecting practices, Anhui's "mud Henan “Songxian Model”, Xinjiang “358” Project and Qinghai-Tibet Special Project. Anhui's "Nihe Model" provides experience in multi-party linkage, integrated exploration, rapid breakthroughs, and organic connection between public welfare and commercial work; Henan's "Songxian Model" provides joint investment, unified exploration, risk-taking, and benefits *** share the experience of integrating resource elements to achieve breakthroughs in prospecting; Xinjiang's "358" project and the Qinghai-Tibet Special Project provide experience in overall planning, integrated exploration, introduction of large enterprises, large investments, and cooperation between ministries and provinces to promote geological prospecting.

While promoting the establishment of a new mechanism for geological prospecting, we will also actively promote the reform of the geological prospecting system. In 2010, the Ministry of Land and Resources successively issued the "Measures for the Supervision and Management of Geological Exploration Qualifications" (Land and Resources Development [2010] No. 14) and "Several Opinions on Further Strengthening the Services and Management of the Geological Exploration Industry" (Land and Resources Development [2010] No. 60 No.), "Guiding Opinions on Promoting the Reform and Development of State-owned Geological Exploration Units" (Luzizifa [2010] No. 61) and other policy documents. The "Measures for the Supervision and Administration of Geological Exploration Qualifications" stipulates a series of provisions on supervision and management and other matters. "Several Opinions on Further Strengthening Services and Management of the Geological Exploration Industry" puts forward requirements for strengthening industry management and establishing a registered geologist system. The "Guiding Opinions of the Ministry of Land and Resources on Promoting the Reform and Development of State-owned Geological Exploration Units" proposes to support the reform and development of state-owned geological exploration units in terms of exploration rights and revitalizing existing land. In addition, the Ministry of Land and Resources has also accelerated the establishment of the registered geologist system and organized and completed the "Recommendations on the Establishment of the Registered Geologist Qualification System" and the "Interim Provisions on the Registered Geologist System", "Registered Geologist Qualification Examination Implementation Measures", Drafting of rules and regulations such as the "Measures for Qualification Assessment and Recognition of Registered Geologists". Local governments formulate various policies to guide the reform of geological survey units.