At 1 Moon 27 At the National Geological Survey Work Conference held recently, Zhong Ziran, a member of the Party Leadership Group of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Director of the China Geological Survey, proposed that, under the new normal of economic development, geological survey work should fully support the security of energy and resource supplies and meticulously serve the central tasks related to natural resources. According to reports, 2015 This year, the China Geological Survey will implement nine major plans and deploy them. 49 This project, 190 A project that provides solid support for economic and social development and the central work of land and resource management.

　　The Nine Major Plans: First, the Land-Based Energy and Mineral Geological Survey Plan, which will focus on shale gas in southern China, strengthen exploration in new areas and new strata in northern China, explore the Qiangtang New Area, enhance the exploration of sandstone-type uranium deposits, and launch a demonstration project for geothermal resource exploration in Zhangzhou. Second, the Critical Mineral Resources Survey Plan, which will intensify comprehensive geological and mineral surveys in key metallogenic belts, advance strategic surveys of bulk and scarce minerals as well as minerals crucial to emerging industries, deepen prospecting predictions and technology demonstrations in integrated exploration zones and important mineral concentration areas, and place particular emphasis on survey and evaluation in the five prefectures of southern Xinjiang and the contiguous poverty-alleviation zones in the Wumeng Mountains. Third, the Geological Environment Survey Plan for Key Economic Zones and Urban Agglomerations, which will focus on carrying out... “ Three Zones and Three Belts ” Comprehensive geological and environmental surveys, serving land-use planning and... “ Three red lines ” Fourth, the Support Plan for Geological Disaster Prevention and Geological Environmental Protection will focus on building a geological disaster information system and a groundwater information system, and will carry out activities such as geological disaster surveys, hydrogeological surveys, and groundwater monitoring. Fifth, the Basic Geological Survey Plan for Land Development and Protection will closely focus on the urgent needs of ecological civilization construction and socio-economic development for the utilization and management of land and mineral resources, as well as the demands of the reform of the natural resource management system for resource, environmental, and spatial information. It will undertake the construction of a nationwide resource and environmental database, strengthen support services, improve service efficiency, and enhance decision-making support capabilities. Sixth, the Science and Technology Support Plan for Geological Surveys will conduct research on major fundamental geological issues and key technological methods related to addressing significant resource and environmental challenges. Seventh, ... “ The Belt and Road ” The Basic Geological Survey and Information Service Plan will focus on... “ The Belt and Road ” Strategically, leveraging international cooperation platforms, we will collect geological and mineral information on key mining investment target countries to provide information services for government decision-making and corporate investment. Eighth, the Geological Data Update and Application Service Plan will primarily rely on comprehensive collection, processing, and analysis of various types of information to carry out updates and integration of basic geological data, as well as develop big data and information services in geology, thereby creating information products tailored to user needs and delivering geological data information services promptly and effectively. Ninth, the Marine Geological Survey Plan will focus on selecting optimal targets for pilot extraction of natural gas hydrates and advancing related technological research and development.

　　Zhong Ziran emphasized that we must clearly recognize the situation and tasks facing geological survey work under the new normal of the economy, and accurately grasp the positioning and strategic thinking for geological survey work in the context of the new normal of economic development.

　　In terms of vigorously promoting the strategic restructuring of geological survey work, we must place energy and mineral resource surveys in a more prominent position, providing stronger support for safeguarding national energy security and for reforming the exploration and development system. We should accelerate technological innovation to provide even stronger support for the strategic initiative aimed at achieving breakthroughs in mineral exploration. Moreover, we need to strengthen geological surveys related to natural resources, land space, ecological environment, and geological hazards, thereby providing more robust support for building an ecological civilization and for reforms in natural resource management systems and land management systems. Regarding the comprehensive deepening of institutional and systemic reforms in geological surveys, we must advance reforms in the evaluation mechanisms for geological survey results, the operational mechanisms for geological surveys, the scientific and technological system for geology, the financial and budgetary system for geological surveys, the supervision and oversight system for geological surveys, and the classification reform of geological survey institutions.

　　Zhong Ziran pointed out that public-interest geological work at the central and local levels should be coordinated and integrated, with rational division of labor, information sharing, and close cooperation. The national geological survey teams must effectively enhance their cohesion and combat effectiveness. All national geological survey institutions should regard the prevention and control of integrity risks as a key task and make every effort to promote the sustained, healthy, and robust development of the geological survey cause.