Prepared by Ministry of Natural Resources, PRCChina Mineral Resources2022GEOLOGICAL PUBLISHING HOUSEBEIJINGChairman: Ling YuemingVice-chairmen: Ju Jianhua Jiang Wenbiao Wang FengMembers: Wang Guoping Wang Lei Zhu Zhenfang Li XiaoboYang Shangbing Wu Ping Wu Jun Qiu HaijunHe Kaitao Chi Hengwei Cao Xinyuan Liang Kai Jing DongshengEditor-in-chief: Li XiaoboAssociate Editor-in-chief: Yan Weidong Sun YongchaoEditorial Staff:Yu Jiangwei Ma Xiaojie Ma Jianming Kong Ning Deng Feng Shi Jin Xu Chuangsheng Zhang WeiZhang Haibo Luo Xiaomin Lin Bolei Zhou Qizhong Zhao Yun Hu Xianqi Hu Rongbo Jiang Ya Fei Yue Gu Na Xu Shuguang Guo JuanMu Chao Editorial CommitteeIForewordUnder the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization, adhere to overall development and safety, China has continuously promoted the reform of mineral resources management and green development in mining sector, and significant progress has been made in the exploration and development of mineral resources. In order to make people at home and abroad who care about and support natural resources conditions understand exploration and development, management and reform progress of mineral resources, the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) organized the compilation of the China Mineral Resources (hereinafter referred to as the Report).This year’s Report focuses on such information since 2021 as the new progress made in China’s geological survey; reconnaissance, exploration and development of mineral resources, mine ecological rehabilitation and green mine construction; new changes in policies and regulations related to mineral resources; new measures taken in management of mineral resources; new scientific and technological innovation; and new achievements obtained...