China will establish mineral resources planning database

The Office of the Ministry of Land and Resources issued a notice to clarify the issues related to the construction of the third round of mineral resources planning database. The Ministry of Land and Resources will form a unified national planning database based on the results of the planning database submitted by each province, district, and city, and explore the establishment of a long-term mechanism for maintaining and updating the planning database.

The notice pointed out that the planning and planning database construction will be promoted synchronously. The planning database is the basic database of mineral resources management, and is an important part of the “One Map” core database of land and resources. It plays a basic role in the examination and approval of mining rights and the supervision of the exploitation and utilization of mineral resources. The competent department of land and resources at all levels shall, in accordance with the requirements of the "Notice of the Ministry of Land and Resources on Implementing the Third Round of Mineral Resources Planning Preparation Work," plan the construction of the planning database and deploy it as soon as possible in the work plan for the preparation of the third round of planning; While preparing the mineral resources plan, we will earnestly implement the technical specifications such as the “Standard for Mineral Resources Planning Database (Trial)” and standardize the construction of the database. We will submit the database together with the planning approval materials for review to ensure the completion of planning database construction and planning approval. .

The notice requires that the provincial-level land and resources department be responsible for the construction of the provincial planning database, and coordinate and guide the construction of the city-county mineral resources planning database, and ensure the smooth progress of the construction of the database and the convergence of the planning data of the upper and lower levels. Based on the construction of the planning databases at all levels, the provincial-level land and resources department will organize technical forces and bring together provincial, municipal, and county-level planning elements to form a unified planning database for the province (region, city) to serve as planning and management at all levels. The important basis.

The circular emphasized that all localities must attach great importance to the construction of planning databases, strengthen organization and leadership, strengthen team building, ensure necessary funds, strengthen technical training, and improve the quality of technical personnel. It is necessary to follow the “Detailed Rules for Checking the Quality of Mineral Resources Planning Data” and “Requirements for the Transfer of Achievements of Mineral Resources Planning Data” to strictly implement quality management and complete the planning database construction task on time and with good quality.

The notification requires that all provinces, districts, and cities should report the provincial planning database along with the planning approval materials to the Ministry of Land and Resources before June 30, 2016. The unified planning database of the entire provinces and cities will be completed and reported before December 31, 2016. Resource Department records. In the process of planning database construction, please report to the Ministry of Land and Resources.