Ministry of Land and Resources holds a news briefing on CHINA MINING 2011

Ministry of Land and Resources holds a news briefing on CHINA MINING 2011
Source: Portal Website of Ministry of Land and Resources Citation: Portal Website of Ministry of Land and Resources Date: October 21, 2011

On the morning of October 21, 2011, the Ministry of Land and Resources holds a news briefing on CHINA MINING 2011. (Photo by Cao Jidong)

Director of Department of International Cooperation & Science and Technology under Ministry of Land and Resources and Executive Deputy Director of the Office of the Organizing Committee of the congress, Jiang Jianjun is giving a briefing on CHINA MINING 2011. (Photo by Cao Jidong)

Dear Guests and Media Friends, Good morning! To extensively publicize and introduce the work carried out by the Chinese government in improving mining investment environment among international mining circles in order to facilitate external cooperation of Chinese mining enterprises, the Ministry of Land and Resources started to hold CHINA MINING International Workshop in 1999, renamed the event CHINA MINING in 2005 and has successfully held it for 11 sessions so far. As an external cooperation brand of China’s mining industry, CHINA MINING has become an important platform for Chinese and foreign mining enterprises and related institutions to acquire related information and seek cooperation opportunities. As the largest mining event in Asia and one of the world’s top four mining events, it has increasingly received high attention from the international mining circles. 1. Event preparations 1.1 Event general information Approved by the State Council, jointly sponsored by the Ministry of Land and Resources and Tianjin Municipal People’s Government and co-organized by the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the Ministry of Commerce, China Development Bank, Import-Export Bank of China and Bank of China, CHINA MINING2011 is scheduled to be held in Tianjin during November 6-8, 2011. Themed with “Strengthen International Cooperation, Accelerate Geological Exploration & Mine Development”, the congress will extensively publicize China’s reform and opening-up policies on the mining industry and discuss special topics such as sustainable development of global mining industry, situation and analysis on global mineral prospecting, mining industry and capital market, mine environment and mine park, comprehensive mineral utilization, etc. The international mining circles paid high attention and gave active response to this session of congress. Up to October 19, there have been over 2,500 delegates apart from domestic ones from nearly 40 countries and regions signing up for the congress and the exhibition. Mining ministers and vice ministers or directors-general of geological bureaus from more than 20 countries (regions) such as Australia, Canada, South Africa, Peru, Philippines, Sudan, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Burundi, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Zambia, Tadzhikistan, Greenland, Argentina, India, Laos, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Cambodia and Mongolia will lead respective delegations to attend the congress. A total of nearly 200 international organizations, large mining enterprises and financial institutions such as OECD, BHP Billiton, Anglo American, Standard Bank, Aluminum Corporation of China, China Minmetals Corporation, China National Gold Group Corporation, BOC International, China Railway Resources Group Co., LTD, ZRHL Group, Datong Coal Mine Group, Shandong Gold Mining, Shandong Zhaojin Group and Zijin Mining Group will attend the congress. 1.2 Event activities The congress will organize three main forums including theme forum, foreign mining ministerial forum and enterprise development summit forum as well as 23 sub-forums and 6 mining cooperation project promotion conferences. Among them, the sub-forums organized by related departments and institutions under the Ministry of Land and Resources include: situation and analysis on global mineral prospecting, policy interpretation on mining right management, Sino-Canada mineral resource management forum, mineral reserve management and geological data socialized service, mine environment and mine park, geological prospecting and technological innovation, China’s geological prospecting progress, analysis on supply-demand situation of international important mineral raw materials, and situation and policy on comprehensive mineral utilization. Besides, there are sub-forums held on such themes as international mineral market, mining industry and financial capital market, macro economy and mining industry, sustainable development of mining industry, enterprise overseas investment, etc. During the congress, there will be also six mining cooperation project promotion (invitation) conferences to mainly promote mining cooperation projects and investment opportunities in countries and regions such as Canada, Greenland, Argentina, Africa, South America and Asia and establish a platform for Chinese and foreign mining enterprises to promote mining cooperation projects. 1.3 Mineral prospecting and exploitation project promotion and negotiation as well as contract signing on international cooperation projects The congress will concentrate on carrying out mineral prospecting and exploitation project promotion and negotiation as well as contract signing on international cooperation projects in order to achieve substantial effects in facilitating mining cooperation forms. Firstly, it concentrates on promoting and negotiating a group of cooperation projects. We have widely collected promotion information on related mining cooperation projects home and abroad and plan to promote nearly 400 projects at this session of congress with the mineral types involving gold, copper, iron, lead zinc, manganese, coal, nickel, molybdenum and tin, etc. and the regions covering Australia, Namibia, Canada, Philippines, Indonesia, Zambia, Burma, Botswana, Turkey, Georgia, Thailand, Peru, Mongolia and Brazil. Secondly, it concentrates on signing a group of cooperation projects on mineral prospecting and exploitation. During the congress, the project matching signing ceremony will be held on November 7 at 18:00-18:30 (before Awards Dinner) under the unified arrangement by the Organizing Committee of China Mining. Leaders of the Ministry of Land and Resources, Tianjin Municipal leaders, mining ministers of related countries and leaders of related Chinese and foreign departments will be invited to witness the project matching. 1.4 CHINA MINING exhibition CHINA MINING 2011 will coincide with the congress. The exhibition area will exceed 20,000 square meters, doubling that of the previous session. There have been over 300 Chinese and foreign exhibitors signing up for the exhibition so far. Apart from standard booths, there are also different kinds of special exhibition zones, including: country pavilions which present comprehensive exhibition organized by governments and enterprises from major mining countries like Canada, Australia and South Africa; special assembly exhibition zone composed of 15-20 standard booths which are independently designed and arranged by respective exhibitors for domestic (and a few international) large mining companies and related institutions to display themselves and have business talks; mechanical equipment exhibition zone, which intensively displays medium and small-sized advanced geological prospecting equipments at home and abroad; and project matching exhibition zone. 2. Main features of the congress 2.1 High attention received from international mining circles Ministers in charge or high-ranking officials from more than 20 countries, senior management personnel from large mining companies and senior representatives from international financial institutions have confirmed their attendance. Through theme forum, foreign mining ministerial forum and enterprise development summit forum as well as more than 20 special meetings and sub-forums on policy interpretation on mining right management, analysis on global mineral prospecting situation, mining industry and capital market and new mining technologies and equipments, etc., the congress will discuss and analyze major issues on global mining development on different occasions in a diversified manner. 2.2 High attention paid by the Chinese government to the congress In addition to the eight domestic co-organizers of last session, the Ministry of Finance will also become a co-organizer of the congress this year. Leaders of the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the Ministry of Commerce, China Development Bank, Import-Export Bank of China and Bank of China will be present at the opening ceremony of the congress and give keynote speeches to introduce policies related to China’s mining development with emphasis on certain points by field and provide relevant important information for domestic and foreign investors. 2.3 Presentation of CHINA MINING International Cooperation Awards continued to promote international mining cooperation This session of CHINA MINING will continue to organize CHINA MINING International Cooperation Awards selection and presentation to further encourage and facilitate opening-up and cooperation of the mining industry, establish examples of external cooperation for Chinese mining and demonstrate good images of the opening-up of Chinese mining. Lastly, we appreciate the attention from all guests and media friends paid to the congress. The congress will release further information on related website in due course. Please keep paying attention to CHINA MINING2011 which will be held in Tianjin soon.
Thank you!

Vice Inspector of General Office of Ministry of Land and Resources, Xia Jun, is presiding over the news briefing. (Photo by Cao Jidong)

Deputy Director-General of Tianjin Municipal Bureau of Land & Resources and Housing Administration and Deputy Director of the Organizing Committee Office， Lu Hong， is providing additional information on preparations for CHINA MINING 2011. (Photo by Cao Jidong)

According to the news briefing, CHINA MINING 2011 will be held in Tianjin during November 6-8. This year’s congress is themed with “Strengthen International Cooperation, Accelerate Geological Exploration & Mine Development”. Important activities such as opening ceremony, theme forum, foreign mining ministerial forum, enterprise development summit forum, CHINA MINING International Cooperation Awards presentation, exhibition and enterprise business talks will be carried out during the congress. To extensively publicize and introduce the work carried out by the Chinese government in improving mining investment environment among international mining circles in order to facilitate external cooperation of Chinese mining enterprises, the Ministry of Land and Resources started to hold CHINA MINING International Workshop in 1999, renamed the event CHINA MINING in 2005 and has successfully held it for 11 sessions so far. As an external cooperation brand of China’s mining industry, CHINA MINING has become an important platform for Chinese and foreign mining enterprises and related institutions to acquire related information and seek cooperation opportunities. As the largest mining event in Asia and one of the world’s top four mining events, it has increasingly received high attention from the international mining circles. Approved by the State Council, jointly sponsored by the Ministry of Land and Resources and Tianjin Municipal People’s Government and co-organized by the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Environment Protection, the Ministry of Commerce, China Development Bank, Export-Import Bank of China and Bank of China, CHINA MINING2011 is scheduled to be held in Tianjin during November 6-8, 2011. Themed with “Enhancing international cooperation to accelerate prospecting breakthrough”, the congress will extensively publicize China’s reform and opening-up policies on the mining industry and discuss special topics such as sustainable development of global mining industry, situation and analysis on global mineral prospecting, mining industry and capital market, mine environment and mine park, comprehensive mineral utilization, etc. The international mining circles paid high attention and gave active response to this session of congress. Up to October 19, there have been over 2,000 delegates apart from domestic ones from nearly 40 countries and regions signing up for the congress and the exhibition. Mining ministers and vice ministers or directors-general of geological bureaus from more than 20 countries (regions) such as Australia, Canada, South Africa, Peru, Philippines, Sudan, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Burundi, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Zambia, Tadzhikistan, Greenland, Argentina, India, Laos, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Cambodia and Mongolia will lead respective delegations to attend the congress. Nearly 200 international organizations, large mining enterprises and financial institutions such as OECD, BHP Billiton, Anglo American, Standard Bank, Aluminum Corporation of China, China Minmetals Corporation, China National Gold Group Corporation, BOC International, China Railway Resources Group Co., LTD, ZRHL Group, Datong Coal Mine Group, Shandong Gold Mining, Shandong Zhaojin Group and Zijin Mining Group will attend the congress. The congress will hold three main forums including theme forum, foreign mining ministerial forum and enterprise development summit forum as well as more than 20 workshops covering topics like sustainable development of global mining industry, situation and analysis on global mineral prospecting, mining industry and capital market, mine environment and mine park and comprehensive mineral utilization. Based on the previous sessions, the congress will concentrate on organizing contract signing, negotiation and exchange on mining cooperation projects at home and abroad, releasing information on, promoting, negotiating and signing contracts on a group of cooperation projects to further promote implementation of substantial project cooperation by Chinese and foreign mining enterprises. The congress will also increase efforts in introducing and absorbing new technologies and new methods on deep prospecting and precision detection to improve China’s geological mineral technological innovation capability. CHINA MINING 2011 will coincide with the congress. The exhibition area will greatly increase by exceeding 20,000 square meters, doubling that of the previous session. Apart from standard booths, there are also different kinds of special exhibition zones, including country pavilions organized by governments and enterprises from major mining countries like Canada and Australia for comprehensive exhibition, special assembly exhibition zone, mineral equipment exhibition zone and project matching exhibition zone. This session of CHINA MINING will continue to organize CHINA MINING International Cooperation Awards selection and presentation to further encourage and facilitate opening-up and cooperation of the mining industry.