Scientific and technological innovation of land and resources was constantly promoted. The Chinese Continental Scientific Drilling Project was completed successfully, achieving innovative results and significant scientific findings. Major breakthroughs were scored in a series of national scientific and technological projects of the 10th Five-Year Plan. Projects of the National “973” Program passed the acceptance and interim evaluation organized by the Ministry of Science and Technology; major advances were achieved in marine resources development of the National “863” Program; and projects of the National Program for Tackling Key Scientific and Technological Issues proceeded smoothly. Scientific research tasks of the 9 special projects and more than 40 key projects designated by the 10th Five-Year Plan for Scientific and Technological Development of the MLR were basically fulfilled, reaping rich fruits. A lot of excellent scientific and technological results were popularized in the fields of resources survey, geological hazard monitoring and geological and mineral investigations and evaluations. Ten first-class awards and 61 second-class awards of the Scientific and Technological Achievement Prize of Land and Resources were assessed and granted. Collection and integration of scientific and technological results were strengthened. Projects of the “Three-River” Cu-Au-Polymetallic Metallogenic System in Southwestern Chinaand Related Exploration and Evaluation and the Stability Evaluation and Hazard Control of High Side-Slopes in Southwestern Chinawon first-class awards of the State Scientific and Technological Progress Prize.

The MLR actively participated in the formulation of the scheme for the State’s 11th Five-Year Science and Technology Plan; organized and compiled the Guide to the Registration of Scientific Research Projects of the 2006 Investigation and the Guide to the Registration of Digital Land and Resources Projects; launched the expert appraisal and on-site evaluation of the second batch of 17 ministerial centers of quality supervision, inspection and test; worked out the national standards for land and resources classification and a series of technical specifications and standards for geological investigation, geological environment management, mining right filing, etc.; fully pushed forward the informatization of land and resources; and formally started the first-phase construction of the Golden Land Project. It also deeply implemented the “Ten Measures” and “Five Bans” formulated by itself; made new progress in the disclosure on the Internet of administrative information; and accomplished the development of its foundation platform for e-government, making it possible to run main administrative affairs of land and resources on the Internet. Furthermore, the MLR promoted in an all-round way the construction of the State-level Land and Resources Data Center; established and put into operation a group of basic databases; preliminarily built up the trunk network of land and resources; put into use a video conference system; further improved the properties of the website of its own, providing increasingly rich information; and made its foreign website one of the main channels for publicizing administrative information of land and resources. The scientific and technological results network timely made known to the public the scientific and technological achievements of land and resources and regularly published the information on the new trends and advances of scientific and technological work.

The land and resources website was trial-operated, providing a characteristic service to the general public.

The MLR strengthened international exchange and cooperation, successfully held the China International Mining Conference 2005, and pushed forward bilateral and multilateral cooperation. Cooperation with foreign countries in geological survey and mineral development abroad achieved substantial progress. Going out of Chinafor professional training and introducing into Chinaexperts and technical know-how were further reinforced.