9 Moon 28 On [date], the Ministry of Natural Resources of the People’s Republic of China and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe jointly released the Chinese Classification Standard for Mineral Reserves and the UN Resource Classification Framework at the UN Headquarters in Geneva. (UNFC) Interconnection documents. The documents explain China's national standards and UNFC the relationship between them, and introduced how to adopt UNFC Classifying and managing resources helps promote the sustainable development of energy resources and expand international cooperation.

　　It is reported that the Ministry of Natural Resources and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe are collaborating on the development of China’s classification standards for reserves of solid minerals and oil-and-gas resources. UNFC We have initiated cooperation based on the docking documents. UNFC It is a global, principle-based resource classification system used for the classification, management, and reporting of solid mineral resources, oil and gas, renewable energy resources, and resources generated by human activities. The Chinese national standard “Solid Mineral Resources”... / Reserve Classification; Petroleum and Natural Gas Resources / The “Reserve Classification” applies to the management of national reserves of solid minerals and oil-and-gas resources, as well as to information disclosure. The common goal of both is to ensure the efficient management of solid mineral and oil-and-gas resources and to support sustainable economic and social development.

　　Ms. Olga Algayerova, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, said: “The alignment document represents a significant milestone in the global adoption of the UN Resource Classification Framework.” “The alignment document will help advance in-depth exchanges and cooperation between China and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe in the field of sustainable energy, and actively implement sustainable development.” 2030 “Agenda: Expanding International Cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative,” said Ju Jianhua, Director of the Department of Mineral Resource Protection and Supervision at the Ministry of Natural Resources. “We hope to strengthen cooperation with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe to promote the alignment of mineral resource reserve standards among countries and thereby boost sustainable development in the global energy and resource sector.”