Mineral resources are an important part of natural resources and also the indispensable material base for the development of human society. China is one of the first countries in the world to develop and utilize mineral resources.
In the past fifty-years, China has won the huge success in mineral resources development, which has provided an important guarantee for the sustained, rapid and sound development of the Chinese economy.
The Chinese Government attaches great importance to sustainable development and the rational utilization of mineral resources. It has made sustainable development a national strategy and the protection of resources an important part of this strategy.
China is a development country with a large population and a relative shortage of resources. It depends mainly on the exploration of its own mineral resources to meet the needs of its modernization program.
Meanwhile, it has made energetic efforts to introduce foreign capital and technology to exploit its own resources, make use of foreign markets and foreign mineral resources, and strive to help its own mining enterprises and mineral products to enter the international market.