National Development and Reform Commission: Increase the exploration of strategic mineral resources such as oil and natural gas!

Recently, the National Development and Reform Commission issued the "14th Five-Year Plan for Promoting the High-quality Development of Resource-based Regions". The plan proposes to ensure the security of national resources and energy and strengthen the capacity building of resource and energy security. Increase the exploration of strategic mineral resources such as oil, natural gas, copper, chromium, tungsten, rare earth, crystalline graphite, etc., and do a good job in the strategic continuation of important mineral resources.

Coordinate the development and protection of resources and energy

The plan proposes to strengthen the unified planning of the investigation and evaluation, exploration and development and utilization of strategic mineral resources, establish a safe and reliable resource and energy reserve, supply and guarantee system, and improve the adaptability of the resource and energy supply system to domestic demand.

In accordance with the characteristics of resources and environment in resource-based areas, strengthen land spatial planning and use control, implement permanent basic farmland, ecological protection red lines, urban development boundaries and other spatial control boundaries, and ensure the orderly development, utilization and protection of resources and energy.

Improve the level of resource and energy utilization

The plan requires that the mining recovery rate, beneficiation recovery rate and comprehensive utilization level of important mineral resources should be improved, and a scientific and reasonable recycling model should be established.

Vigorously promote the construction of green mines, increase the transformation and upgrading of existing mines, and all new and expanded mines meet the standard requirements.

Promote the coupling development of strategic mineral resources and downstream industries, support the low-carbon, green, and intelligent technological transformation, transformation and upgrading of resource-based enterprises, and do a good job in carbon peak and carbon neutrality in an orderly manner.

Strengthen the capacity building of resource and energy security

The plan emphasizes that a number of energy resource bases and national planned mining areas should be laid out according to the resource endowment, development and utilization, etc., so as to create a core area for the stable supply of strategic mineral resources.

Implement the mineral reserve project and build a strategic mineral resource reserve system that combines products, production capacity and production area. Increase the exploration of strategic mineral resources such as oil, natural gas, copper, chromium, tungsten, rare earth, crystalline graphite, etc., and do a good job in the strategic continuation of important mineral resources.