On the Supply Side of "Sea and Land Mining" — — Focus on the Growth of Resource Elements in the First Quarter

Natural Resources on the 12th, since this year, on the basis of strictly abiding by the safety of resources, the ability of guaranteeing the elements of high-quality economic development has been continuously improved by optimizing the approval of land use, sea use and mining. According to the supporting

data of

large project land, 739,000 mu of project land was approved nationwide in the first quarter, an increase of 51.7% over the same period last year, and the proportion of land for transportation, water conservancy facilities and energy was 72.5%, 6.3% and 6.6% respectively. Among them, the Ministry of Natural Resources approved 49 pre-examination of land for construction projects, involving 235000 mu of land and about 600 billion yuan of investment, which provided space support for major construction projects. Zhao Yufang, Director of the Department of Land and Space Use Control of the Ministry of

Natural Resources, said that a series of policies and measures would be taken to support the construction of construction projects in accordance with the law and regulations and to form a physical workload as soon as possible, such as the commitment to approve land use in advance, the approval of land use in stages and sections, and the establishment of special classes to guarantee land use elements.

Data show that in the first quarter, the Ministry of Natural Resources approved 235.7% more land for major projects than same period last year, supporting the construction of bridges in transportation projects and dam areas in water conservancy projects.

According to reports, in order to support the accelerated construction of major projects established in the "14th Five-Year Plan" and support the construction of modern infrastructure in urban agglomerations and metropolitan areas, on the basis of last year, the total land use plan of 500000 mu has been increased nationwide this year.

In the first quarter, 373 sea use projects were approved nationwide, with an approved sea use area of about 615,000 mu, an increase of 20.3% and 26.6% respectively over the same period of last year, involving an investment of nearly 200 billion yuan, to ensure the use of sea for major national projects and livelihood projects. Among them, the Ministry of Natural Resources reported to the State Council for approval of nine sea projects, with an approved sea area of about 166000 mu, involving an investment of about 88 billion yuan.

According to Xie Chengxiang, Director of the General Office of the Ministry of Natural Resources, since this year, policies have been issued to optimize the approval of land use for coastal and inland river port and wharf reconstruction and expansion projects, which do not involve new sea use and change the way of sea use, and no longer re-apply for sea use approval, so as to promote the construction of transportation infrastructure. According to the Statistical Bulletin of China's Natural Resources in 2022 published on the

same day, preliminary accounting shows that the gross marine product in 2022 is 9462.8 billion yuan, an increase of 1.9% over the previous year, accounting for 7.8% of GDP.

Newly increased production capacity of 440 million tons/year: The exploration

of energy and mineral resources was strengthened. In the first quarter, 96 new exploration rights were registered nationwide, an increase of 29.7% over the same period last year, including 46 strategic minerals such as coal, oil, natural gas, gold, iron ore and lithium ore. The designed production capacity of new mines was 440 million tons per year, an increase of 51.7% over the same period last year.

Xie Chengxiang said that in order to promote a new round of prospecting breakthrough strategic action, the Ministry of Natural Resources has set up a new round of prospecting breakthrough strategic action office, with Minister Wang Guanghua as the director. The new round of prospecting breakthrough strategic action will focus on the shortage and strategic minerals, strengthen domestic exploration and development, and promote the increase of reserves and production of energy and important mineral resources.

It is reported that in order to promote the development of new energy and other industries, the Ministry of Natural Resources, together with relevant departments, has issued a policy to support the management of land for photovoltaic power generation industry. Under the premise of strict ecological protection, it encourages the use of unused land and stock construction land to develop photovoltaic industry, and encourages the construction of large-scale photovoltaic power generation bases in desert, Gobi, desert and other areas.