Of Land and Resources Minister Xu Shaoshi recently said that in 2009, China's fixed assets increased 18.2% in mining, while oil and gas and solid mineral exploration, a total investment of nearly 83 billion yuan, and made great progress. In his view, in 2010, the global mining industry will be adjusted upward shocks, while the exploration and development of mineral resources in China will still be good trend.

    Xu Shaoshi said that in 2009, China's oil and gas and solid mineral drilling amounted to 24 million meters, oil and gas exploration in Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, northeastern Sichuan, South China Sea, a new breakthrough, coal exploration in Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, large fully equipped to find high-quality coal, iron, Mineral exploration in Liaoning, Hebei, Shandong, gold prospecting in new breakthroughs. In addition, non-ferrous metal exploration in 2009 in different locations also have new progress in geological prospecting work in Tibet, Qinghai, southeastern Yunnan, eastern Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang, north of its resources to the strategic follow-region has made great progress.