The Information Office of the State Council held a series of press conferences on the theme of “Starting with the 15th Five-Year Plan” series to introduce the situation relating to promoting the safe, efficient and sustainable use of natural resources. The relevant person in charge explained that China is a major manufacturing country. During the “15th Five-Year Plan” period, China's demand for important mineral resources will continue to grow rigidly. The Ministry of Natural Resources will continue to implement a new round of prospecting breakthrough strategic actions to firmly stabilize the energy “job bowl” and provide a strong guarantee for China's development of advanced manufacturing. Adhere to geological surveys first and lay a solid foundation for prospecting work. Mines are generally located underground. Prospecting first requires investigating the country's basic geological conditions and identifying areas where there may be mines. To this end, we will organize and implement a national geological mapping plan to increase the coverage rate of the land area 1:50,000 regional geological survey to 51%, increase the coverage rate of mineral geological surveys in important mining areas to 66%, and ascertain the resource and energy resources. Strengthen exploration and mining efforts to increase reserves and increase production capacity. We will organize and carry out prospecting campaigns, focus on scarce minerals such as petroleum, iron, copper, aluminum, etc., take into account rare earths and other superior minerals, deploy a number of key exploration and mining projects, strive to discover a number of large and medium-sized mineral sites and oil and gas fields, and seek wealth, and at the same time steadily advance the construction of about 300 energy resource bases, significantly increasing the self-sufficiency rate of China's strategic mineral resources and strengthening the ambition to guarantee the security of energy resources.

The Information Office of the State Council held a series of press conferences on the theme of “Starting with the 15th Five-Year Plan” series to introduce the situation relating to promoting the safe, efficient and sustainable use of natural resources. The relevant person in charge explained that China is a major manufacturing country. During the “15th Five-Year Plan” period, China's demand for important mineral resources will continue to grow rigidly. The Ministry of Natural Resources will continue to implement a new round of prospecting breakthrough strategic actions to firmly stabilize the energy “job bowl” and provide a strong guarantee for China's development of advanced manufacturing. Adhere to geological surveys first and lay a solid foundation for prospecting work. Mines are generally located underground. Prospecting first requires investigating the country's basic geological conditions and identifying areas where there may be mines. To this end, we will organize and implement a national geological mapping plan to increase the coverage rate of the land area 1:50,000 regional geological survey to 51%, increase the coverage rate of mineral geological surveys in important mining areas to 66%, and ascertain the resource and energy resources. Strengthen exploration and mining efforts to increase reserves and increase production capacity. We will organize and carry out prospecting campaigns, focus on scarce minerals such as petroleum, iron, copper, aluminum, etc., take into account rare earths and other superior minerals, deploy a number of key exploration and mining projects, strive to discover a number of large and medium-sized mineral sites and oil and gas fields, and seek wealth, and at the same time steadily advance the construction of about 300 energy resource bases, significantly increasing the self-sufficiency rate of China's strategic mineral resources and strengthening the ambition to guarantee the security of energy resources.