[Ministry of Natural Resources: China's demand for important mineral resources will still maintain rigid growth during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period] On September 22, Ministry of Natural Resources spokesperson and Vice Minister Zhou Xing said at a press conference of the State Council Information Office that China is a major manufacturing country, and China's demand for important mineral resources will still maintain rigid growth during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period. To this end, the Ministry of Natural Resources will continue to implement a new round of mineral prospecting breakthrough strategic actions to firmly stabilize the energy job and provide a strong guarantee for China's development of advanced manufacturing. Including, implementing the national geological mapping plan, promoting the 1:50000 regional geological survey coverage rate in the land area to 51%, and increasing the mineral geological survey coverage rate in important mineralization zones to 66%; increasing the intensity of exploration and mining, organizing and carrying out prospecting campaigns, focusing on oil, iron, copper, aluminum and other scarce minerals, taking into account rare earths, etc. Advantageous minerals, deploy a number of key exploration and mining projects, steadily promote the construction of about 300 energy resource bases, and enhance the confidence to ensure the security of energy resources; strengthen scientific and technological innovation, achieve incremental breakthroughs and inventory revitalization, and promote mining enterprises to improve the "three rates" (mining recovery rate, mineral processing recovery rate and resource utilization comprehensive utilization rate) level, etc.