Some opinions on promoting the deepening reform and development of geological prospecting team

Departments of Land and Resources of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government (Department of Land, Environment and Resources, Bureau of Land and Housing Management, Bureau of Housing and Land Resources, Bureau of Planning and Land Resources) and Bureau of Geological Exploration:

In order to further implement the spirit of "Notice of the General Office of the State Council on Printing and Distributing the Reform Plan of Geological Exploration Team Management System" (Guo Ban Fa [1999] No.37), promote the healthy development of geological exploration, and effectively strengthen the guidance of the localized geological exploration team, according to the instructions of the leading comrades of the State Council, we now put forward the following opinions on several issues concerning deepening the reform and promoting the development of geological exploration team.

First, fully understand the importance of accelerating the reform and development of the geological prospecting team under the new situation.

Geological exploration is an important basic work to ensure the sustainable development of economy and society. Since the founding of New China 50 years ago, the geological prospecting team has made great historical contributions to the socialist modernization of the country through self-reliance and hard struggle. 2 1 century, China began to implement the third-step strategy of socialist modernization, and the geological exploration team undertook the arduous task of promoting the development of geosciences, improving the level of national geological research, solving the serious shortage of mineral resources guarantee, and protecting and governing the geological environment.

According to the requirements of the document number. No.37 [1999] issued by the State Council, the geological exploration team of the former geological and mineral department and some geological exploration teams of relevant industrial departments have successively carried out localization reform, and are actively promoting enterprise management. Generally speaking, the people's governments of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government attach great importance to the localized geological exploration team and give a lot of care and support. The six preferential policies stipulated in the document have been basically implemented and the work is progressing smoothly. However, it must be noted that the progress of the geological prospecting team in promoting enterprise management is still uneven, the operational geological market has not been established as a whole, the problems such as bloated team, outdated equipment and many historical debts accumulated over the years are still widespread, and the workers' thoughts are still unstable. It is still a very arduous task to rely on and stabilize a geological prospecting team with high technical quality, gradually transform geological prospecting units into economic entities that meet the requirements of the market economy, properly arrange laid-off workers, and ensure that retirees live in their old age. Government management departments must attach great importance to it and do a good job in related work. It is necessary to guide the geological prospecting team to do a good job in reform and development, establish a new geological prospecting system that meets the requirements of market economy as soon as possible in accordance with the basic principle of separating public welfare undertakings from business activities, give full play to the functions of geological prospecting in providing pre-service, whole-process service and all-round service for economic and social development, and promote the sustained, rapid and healthy development of geological prospecting.

Two, do a good job in the structural adjustment of geological exploration team, expand the field of geological exploration services.

It is an urgent task for the reform and development of geological prospecting team to adjust the structure of geological prospecting team and expand the field of geological prospecting service. The geological prospecting team must strengthen the sense of urgency, face the market and society, take the initiative to adjust the structure, and strive to find a new way to expand the service field as soon as possible. First, do a good job in ideological transformation, firmly establish the concept of close integration of geological exploration and economic and social development, and establish the concept of socialist market economy and the idea of serving local economic development. Second, from a strategic perspective, reasonably determine the scale of industries engaged in geological survey, mineral exploration and development, engineering exploration and construction, diversification and other industries, and adjust the team structure. Third, correctly handle the relationship between public welfare undertakings and business activities in geological exploration from the aspects of management system, operation mechanism and work coordination, and realize sustainable development through two-way complementarity and mutual promotion. Fourth, give full play to the advantages of complete geological exploration team and large amount of geological data, and focus on mineral resources exploration, especially rare minerals and non-traditional minerals, on the basis of consolidating the original work areas; Ecological environmental geology and hydrogeology; Urban geology and engineering geology work; Geological environment and disaster monitoring; Geological engineering design and construction; Go abroad to explore and develop overseas mineral resources; Marine geological survey and evaluation; Agricultural geology, tourism geology, medical geology and various geological information services. , pay attention to basic work, actively strive for projects, and constantly improve the economic and social benefits of geological exploration.

Three, focus on the formation of provincial geological exploration team.

Retaining a high-quality and capable geological prospecting team is an important reform content of implementing the State Council No.37 Document. The main purpose of retaining this team is to meet the needs of national and regional economic development for geological exploration. In deepening the reform, the geological exploration teams of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government should reasonably determine the scale of geological exploration teams according to the needs of geological exploration tasks, and establish a backbone team that mainly undertakes national and local basic, public welfare and strategic geological exploration tasks through the establishment of geological exploration institutes. At present, most places have approved the "three-fixed" plan of the Geological Survey Institute, and the establishment of the Geological Survey Institute has made great progress. At the same time, in some places, different forms of resource companies have been set up, and capable geological exploration teams have been set up to undertake business work. Because this work involves all aspects of interests and needs policy support and corresponding material guarantee, it needs a process of exploration to complete this task. Geological exploration teams of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government should, in light of the actual situation, continue to set up competent geological exploration teams, and actively strive for the people's governments of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government to continue to give support and help in terms of regular funds, equipment and base construction. The specific organizational form, management mode and operation mechanism of elite geological prospecting team can be explored in different forms and summarized and improved in practice. The Ministry of Land and Resources will, as always, care for and support the reform and development of this team.

Four, accelerate the pace of enterprise management of geological prospecting units.

Actively promoting the enterprise management of geological prospecting units is an inevitable choice to adapt to the requirements of socialist market economy and enhance the survival and development ability of geological prospecting teams. The state attaches great importance to the enterprise management of geological prospecting units. Considering the difficulties and problems of geological prospecting units, it takes a long time to determine the enterprise management, and geological prospecting teams are allowed to continue to enjoy the relevant policies of public institutions during the transition period of enterprise management. Geological prospecting units should seize the opportunity, make full use of the preferential policies given by transitional countries and complete the task of enterprise as soon as possible. At present, it is necessary to study and formulate the overall development strategy with the bureau as the unit, highlight the development of the main business and improve the core business ability; Actively explore the organizational form, management mode and operation mechanism of enterprise geological prospecting units, and focus on the reform of property rights system in accordance with the requirements of modern enterprise system; Actively strive for the authorized operation of state-owned assets departments, and boldly explore and establish specific forms of state-owned assets management; Encourage geological prospecting units to tap the value of mining rights assets by setting up resource companies, concentrate excellent assets, integrate into the social capital market, and raise funds in various ways to achieve leap-forward development; Do a good job in reforming the labor and personnel distribution system, streamline institutions and reduce redundant staff.

Five, promote scientific and technological progress, strengthen the team business construction.

Geological exploration is a high-tech work, which promotes scientific and technological progress and is related to the long-term development of geological exploration team. Strengthen the research on new theories, technologies and methods of geological exploration and do a good job in scientific and technological innovation. Scientific and technological innovation should highlight key points, fully tap the potential value of scientific and technological achievements, do a good job in the development and transformation of scientific and technological achievements, and turn technological advantages into economic advantages; Actively develop, introduce and popularize the application of applicable and high-tech in geological exploration, and greatly improve the ability of earth observation and monitoring, ground and deep detection, computer application and development, information processing and exchange, experimental analysis and testing; Accelerate the technological transformation and new product development of pillar industries, selectively develop high-tech industries with industry characteristics, and actively cultivate new economic growth points; Make good use of various preferential policies issued by the state and local governments to promote the development of science and technology and accelerate the pace of scientific and technological progress. Talent is the key to promoting scientific and technological progress. It is necessary to speed up the training of talents and cultivate a group of talents who are skilled in technical business, can operate, manage and master all kinds of knowledge. It is necessary to establish a mechanism and system for selecting, using and encouraging talents to compete and grow, and constantly improve the overall comprehensive quality of the geological prospecting team.

Six, accelerate the pace of opening up geological exploration.

The implementation of the strategy of "two markets and two resources" provides an opportunity for the accelerated development of the geological prospecting team. We should give full play to our own advantages, foster strengths and avoid weaknesses, and strive to make a breakthrough in "going out". To do this work well, we must find out the comparative advantages of domestic and foreign resources, understand the relevant policies and regulations of geological exploration and mining development in these countries, and master the internationally accepted rules; In the selection of projects, we should focus on the shortage of mineral resources in China, give consideration to other fields of geological exploration services, select countries and regions with better resource conditions and investment environment, and carry out foreign risk exploration and mining development. It is necessary to make use of the existing work basis and the current relevant policies of the state to actively attract foreign capital to conduct risk exploration of mineral resources in China and share the benefits of mineral exploration and development.

In order to implement the six policies determined by the State Council one by one and further increase the support for the reform and development of the geological prospecting team after localization, the Ministry of Land and Resources will further do the following work: First, the geological prospecting work will be included in the national and provincial planning plans, and the input of local finance and mineral resources compensation fees will be increased; Second, actively cultivate the mining rights market, formulate and improve relevant laws and regulations, seriously study and solve the problems in the operation of the mining rights market, and create a good market environment for the development of operational geological exploration; Third, actively explore the management of geological prospecting industry under the new situation, strengthen macro-control and policy guidance, and care for and support geological prospecting teams to solve problems and difficulties in reform and development; Fourth, give full play to the role of social organizations, intermediary organizations, consulting institutions and news media inside and outside the Ministry, communicate information and exchange experiences, and pay attention to special research; Fifth, when carrying out a new round of land and resources survey, the competent geological exploration teams at the provincial level are encouraged to undertake national basic and public welfare geological survey and strategic mineral exploration in the form of "project contact and business guidance" as long as their qualifications are qualified; Sixth, encourage geological prospecting units to revitalize the existing land in the process of promoting enterprise management, actively strive for the policy support of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government to convert the existing land into operational land, and the provincial administrative departments of land and resources should do a good job in dredging; Seventh, actively strive for special funds for foreign risk exploration, support geological exploration teams to participate in the exploration and development activities of mineral resources urgently needed abroad, establish a global mineral resources information system centered on the investment environment, and provide information support and contact services for implementing the strategies of "going out" and "please come in".

Geological exploration teams of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government should actively reflect the reform process and problems to the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government and the competent departments of land and resources in accordance with the the State Council [1999] No.37 document and the minutes of the provincial departments' talks on the localization of geological exploration teams; Seriously study the national and local policies on the reform of public institutions, the overall planning of old-age care, the separation of production from cities, and the reform of housing and medical system, and put forward solutions and suggestions in light of the actual situation; Local land and resources departments should actively do relevant work and actively strive for the concern and support of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government.

Ministry of Land and Resources (MLR)

200 1 Feb. 28th, 2008