BEIJING: President Xi Jinping has encouraged a team of geological workers in Shandong province to carry forward fine traditions, play a bigger role in mineral resource exploration and make greater contributions to ensuring the nation’s energy resource security.
Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks in a letter replying to workers from “a heroic geological team” in the Shandong Provincial Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources. The letter was dated Sunday and made public on Tuesday.
Xi’s reply came after the geological workers from the bureau’s No 6 Geological Team wrote to him recently, reporting the achievements they have made in mineral exploration and expressing their determination to dedicate themselves to geological work to ensure the security of the nation’s energy resources.
In the reply letter, Xi said that mineral resources are important materials that constitute the foundation of economic and social development, and mineral resources exploration and development matter to national development, people’s well-being and State security.
He expressed his hope that the geological workers would fully carry on the fine tradition of loving the country and being dedicated to pioneering, innovative and hard work, and actively implement the green development philosophy.
Xi urged the geological workers to make greater efforts in mineral exploration, strive to make breakthroughs in science and technology, and play a greater role in the new round of strategic operation for mineral exploration.
–The Daily Mail-China Daily news exchange item
