On enhancing the awareness of higher objectives of the mineral resources' development management

Based on the comprehension of PremierWen’s instruction made when inspecting Ministry of Land and Resources, the paper focuses on higher objectives of the mineralresources’development management as well as the new situation and challenges to meet in the effective development management of mineral resources, stressing the importance of further reform and innovation so as to enhance the awareness of higher objectives of the mineralresources’development management, which is the premise for undertaking mineralresources’development management and attaining the long-term goal to maintain the sustainable utilization of mineral resources to promote the sustainable economic and social development.