Ministry of Land and Resources

Parent agencyState CouncilWebsitewww.mlr.gov.cn

The Ministry of Land and Resources (MLR) of the People's Republic of China is a dissolved ministry under the jurisdiction of the State Council of China. It was formally responsible for the regulation, management, preservation and exploitation of natural resources, such as land, mines and oceans.

On March 10, 1998, the 9th National People's Congress passed the "Reform Plan of the Ministries of the State Council". According to the plan, Ministry of Geology & Mineral Resources [zh], State Administration of National Land, State Oceanic Administration, and State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping merged to form the Ministry of Land and Resources.^[2] The State Administration of National Oceans and the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping have remained existing as departments under the jurisdiction of the newly formed Ministry.

In March 2018, the 13th National People's Congress announced that the newly formed Ministry of Natural Resources shall replace the functions of the Ministry of Land & Resources, State Oceanic Administration and the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping.^{[citation needed]}

List of ministers

No.	Name	Took office	Left office	Notes
1	Zhou Yongkang	March 1998	December 1999	Later Politburo Standing Committee (2007–2012) Later investigated for corruption
2	Tian Fengshan	December 1999	October 2003	Convicted of corruption and sentenced to prison
3	Sun Wensheng (孙文盛)	October 2003	April 2007
4	Xu Shaoshi	April 2007	16 March 2013	Later Director of the National Development and Reform Commission
5	Jiang Daming	16 March 2013	19 March 2018

See also

• Geography of China
• Geology of China
• Archeology of China
• Geographic Information Systems in China
• Ministries of China

References

Further reading

• China Land and Resources Statistical Yearbook 2015