On February 1, 2024, a symposium to commemorate the 74th anniversary of Comrade Mao Zedong’s “Develop Mining” inscription was held in Beijing. Xu Dachun, member of the Party Leadership Group and Vice Minister of the Ministry of Natural Resources, attended the meeting and delivered a speech. Zhu Xun, Secretary-General of the 8th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and former Minister of Geology and Mineral Resources, sent a congratulatory letter to mining workers across the country. On February 17, 1950, Comrade Mao Zedong personally wrote the words "Develop Mining" when meeting representatives of students studying in the Soviet Union at the Chinese Embassy in the Soviet Union. Inspired by this inscription, generations of mining workers in our country have carried forward the "Three Glories", "Four Specials" and "Iron Man" spirit, providing rich mineral deposits for the construction of New China; providing a steady stream of resources for the development of the national economy. of industrial "food" and "blood". Over the past 70 years, the types of minerals explored and developed by mining workers have increased from 18 to 173, raw coal production has increased from 32.43 million tons to 4.658 billion tons, crude oil production has increased from 120,000 tons to 208 million tons, and natural gas production has increased from 7 million tons. cubic meters increased to 219.7 billion cubic meters, iron ore production increased from 590,000 tons to 990 million tons, and the output of ten non-ferrous metals increased from 47,700 tons to 74.698 million tons, making my country move from a weak mining country to a large mining country, and then to Jump to the ranks of mining powerhouses. At present, my country's mining development has changed from "waiting for rice to eat" in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China to "self-sufficiency", from the "export exchange" of reform and opening up to "there is import and export", and then to "the import is greater than the export" in the 21st century. , "Two resources, two markets." my country's mining industry is steadily advancing towards the goal of high-quality development. More than 4,000 green mines at all levels have been built, and 1,000 and 1,300 intelligent mining and excavation working faces have been built. The pace of digitization and intelligence of mines is accelerating. Deep underground exploration, Deep-sea exploration continues to expand the exploration and development space of mineral resources. Strategic minerals provide strong support to emerging strategic industries. The clean, efficient, low-carbon utilization of coal and "coal-to-liquid" and "coal-to-gas" have greatly improved my country's energy structure and further Consolidating the cornerstone role of energy, green development has become the consensus of building a beautiful China in mineral resource exploration. Xu Dachun poin...
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