“ Last year, the entire organization lost various types of talent. 50 Multiple people—near a geological team in Chengdu—are leaving the team throughout the year. 10 Multiple people. 11 Moon 5 On the day, the Professional Committee for Human Resource Research of the China Geological and Mineral Economic Society held its meeting at Hebei University of Geology. 2016 At the annual academic conference and the symposium on talent development in the geological exploration industry, data provided by the head of the human resources department of a geological exploration unit served as a stark reminder that the industry faces the risk of a second talent gap. To avert this risk, the delegates attending the meeting recommended that the Ministry of Natural Resources should promptly accelerate efforts to identify and cultivate urgently needed talent for frontline geological exploration positions.

During the symposium, exchanges among geological exploration units from various provinces (and autonomous regions) revealed that the current situation regarding talent development in these units is severe: the core professional personnel in most units are generally... 20 Century 60 The generation born in the [year]. Since... 2013 Following a period of sluggish mining conditions and a sharp decline in investment in geological exploration, the income of specialized professionals in geological survey units has once again fallen below the average wage of urban employees nationwide. As a result, the new generation of geologists is increasingly switching careers or changing jobs, leading to a fresh wave of talent流失 in the geological exploration sector. With retirement and talent流失 set to overlap soon, unless effective measures are taken, the risk of a second talent gap in the geological exploration industry will continue to rise. Geological survey units may also face a shortage of new talent. “ Fault ”。

The participants agreed that geological exploration is an intellectually and technically demanding task characterized by systematicity, professionalism, practicality, and complexity, with a relatively long maturation period. The excessive loss of outstanding geological exploration talent not only poses a fatal threat to the development of geological exploration institutions but also has far-reaching implications for the nation’s geological undertakings and resource security. Given the current situation in China—where the country’s basic resource conditions remain unchanged, the role and importance of resources in the broader development context remain unchanged, and the overall trend of tightening resource and environmental constraints persists—it is an effective approach to incentivize and retain geological exploration talent by identifying and cultivating urgently needed personnel at the front lines of exploration, and by incorporating these outstanding talents into the Ministry of Natural Resources’ talent pool. Therefore, a comprehensive plan should be drawn up and implemented promptly.

Delegates suggested that the selection and training of urgently needed talent for frontline geological exploration should be centered around... “ Three deep, one earth ” The strategic tasks of scientific and technological innovation in land and resources and breakthroughs in mineral exploration aim to select, on a regional, specialized, and hierarchical basis, urgently needed frontline geological exploration personnel or science and technology talents at the ministerial level, geological exploration masters, and outstanding geological exploration teams for the geological exploration industry. By establishing a national database of geological exploration talent experts and developing a number of platforms for cultivating urgently needed frontline geological exploration professionals, we will create a systematic framework to support the development of frontline geological exploration talent, thereby ensuring the sustainable development of China’s geological endeavors.