The Regulations on the Exploitation of Mineral Resources in the Area are under negotiation focusing the environmental protection and preservation.In 2019,in a written submission to the International Seabed Authority,Germany proposed the addition of a test mining clause requiring contractors to conduct test mining prior to commer-cial mining.As the demand during the transition from exploration stage to exploitation stage,test mining plays a validating role in mining technology,economy and environmental impact assessment.However,though China fol-lows the western developed countries in the process of deep-sea mining,it's technical maturity is weak.It is impor-tant for China to actively respond to the requirements of test mining and verify the economic,technical and environ-mental impact in the test mining in order to cross the environmental threshold and become the first contractors ente-ring the commercial deep-sea mining.Thus,it is necessary for China to develop vigorously deep-sea key technolo-gies,strengthen deep-sea environmental scientific research,participate in the formulation of environmental rules,and achieve the balance between deep-sea mineral resources development and environmental protection.
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海洋矿产资源及开发/国际海底区域/海洋矿产资源/开发规章/试采/深海环境保护
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marine mineral resources and development/international seabed area/marine mineral resource/de-velopment regulation/test mining/deep sea environmental protection
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