Mineral resources play an important supporting role in the process of regional economic develop-ment,forming several mineral resources economic zones with distinctive characters. Based on the update of national marine and land mineral resource map,the authors have divided the country into four Level-Ⅰ mineral resources economic zones of East,Central,West and Northeast,and 12 Level-Ⅱ mineral resources economic zones of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei-Shandong,Jiangsu-Zhejiang-Shanghai,Fujian-Guangdong-Hainan-Hong Kong-Macao-Taiwan,Shanxi-Henan,Hunan-Hubei-Jiangxi-Anhui,Xinjiang,Inner Mongolia,Shaanxi-Gansu-Qinghai-Ningxia,Tibet,Sichuan-Chongqing,Yunnan-Guizhou-Guangxi,and Liaoning-Jilin-Heilongjiang. The basic characters of each mineral resources economic zone are briefly described,and the initial delineation of 82 large-scale mineral resources comprehensive bases is carried out.
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